December 10 is International Human Rights Day

Posted on: Dec 06 2011 | Posted in: ACE Announcements


December 10, 1948 was the day on which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by member nations of the United Nations.

A Canadian, John Humphrey, was the primary author of the Declaration. The members of the UN hoped that the horrors of the recently ended war could be avoided if a universal code of human rights governed the behaviour of individuals and countries. Read more about International Human Rights Day.

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