Ghassan Al Mufleh
Part (1)
Ever since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 10.12.1948 (resolution 217A D3) there has been various interpretations of this treaty which has become a series of necessary laws in the countries of the modern world. Ever since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 10.12.1948 (resolution 217A D3) there has been various interpretations of this treaty which has become a series of necessary laws in the countries of the modern world. This treaty did not appear from void, but resulted from humanity’s long lasting struggles.
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We can proclaim that the declaration is a lucid legal abstraction of mankind’s historical and cultural experience in order to achieve legislations guaranteeing dignity, life, and freedom for all human beings. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights with its thirty pages and less than a thousand words is no longer merely a legal and constitutional achievement of mankind’s historical experience, but has become a cultural, moral, and legal ground for its institutions around the world and within each state.
In an unprecedented manner, anyone’s responsibility becomes the responsibility of mankind as a whole, an aspect that holds great significance in today’s global world. The declaration produced numerous international treaties and pacts regarding the rights of people, whether individuals, groups, nations, ethnicities, religions, sects, rich, or poor: civil, economic, political, and cultural rights, women’s and children’s rights, minorities and people’s rights to determine their destiny, workers’ rights to oppose the greed of employers… These legislations have become a pact that unites peoples in their freedom and their need for freedom regardless of color, race, religion, nation, and nationality.
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