Western Declarations Of The UDHR

The UDHR surfaced from two fundamental Western Declarations (Brown, 1999). These declarations include the 18th century French and US Declarations (Wronka, 1998), which both helped construct the language and subject matter used within the UDHR (Kobila, 2003). Following in the footsteps of the French and US Declarations, the UDHR is structured around Western Modernist culture (Douzinas, 2000). Similarly, all 3 of these declarations focus on the individual, which clashes with Non-Western parts of the world, who prefer to look at situations by deciding what is best for a complete society. Howard (1992) also states that the significance of the rights of the individual, which is fundamental to modern human rights, can be traced back to the Enlightenment, which placed huge importance on individual freedom and equality. …show more content…
In recent years, the modern human rights construction has progressed outside the limited historical declarations of the past and Human Rights are now also universal in content (Ishay, 2004). Modern Human rights are based on the equality of rights, granted to all individuals (Hasson, 2003) and are therefore a universal matter which protects the well-being of every human being, no matter what their background, or what culture they are apart of (Baderin,