There were 8 remarkable actions that patent the course of the fight for human rights

A BRIEF HISTORY OF
HUMAN RIGHTS

The United Nations (1945)

The United Nations were determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of world war

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

The Declaration guaranteed the rights of “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression for all humans

The Constitution of the United States of America (1787) and Bill of Rights (1791)

Written during the summer of 178, it was the fundamental law of the US federal system of government

United States Declaration of Independence (1776)

The United States Congress approved the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

Human Rights Commission had captured the world’s attention, under the dynamic chairmanship of President Roosevel

The Spread of Human Rights

The idea of human rights spread quickly around the world

The Magna Carta (1215)

It led to the rule of constitutional law in the English-speaking world

Petition of Right (1628)

The petition of Right was the next step in the development of human rights