Importance Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

All people in the world deserve an equal and fair treatment; Human rights are based on the principle of respect for the individual. One of the legal bases on human rights is fairness. Treating people fairly. Fairness can mean many things. Whatever it may mean, it is so important. Fairness may refer to the output of a political system; taxes should be fair, laws should be impartial and not biased. Equality is very often linked to fairness, Humans should be treated and treat people equally. Another one is voice and equality. The people’s voice must be loud and clear; clear so that people could understand the citizen concerns and loud so that they have an incentive to pay attention to what is said. These are just some of the legal bases on human rights.
Another one is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human rights is a declaration which provides comprehensive protection to all individuals against all forms of injustice and human rights violation. Violations of human …show more content…
Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt chaired the committee that wrote the declaration. Eleanor Roosevelt stated that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights did not start as a big and a famous one already. Although it started around c539-530BC, people on that time do not have all the important information about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt also stated that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the home of all the people because people will feel safe here and will experience the equal treatment everyone wanted to achieve. But if these rights affect people, they will put some meaning on it and they will feel offended that will lead them to act in an exaggerated manner. Without cooperative citizen action to support them close to hope, people shall feel satisfied for progress in the larger