Universal human rights are fragile. They are violated every day, and some countries in Europe want to undermine them so that they only apply to certain people
Human rights are the idea of universal rights for all people regardless of gender, nationality, religion, or other status. Under the UN, human rights are a declaration, while in Europe they are a convention that can be enforced.
But universal human rights are being violated all the time, while we just sit and watch.
The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights came about after World War II. 60 million people died during the global conflict, and it became clear to the Allies what atrocities were happening in Nazi Germany.
Jews and other political prisoners were murdered. Children were kidnapped from their parents. People from Nazi-occupied territories were used as forced laborers for the Nazis.
Death and destruction were to be replaced by diplomacy, and most countries in the newly formed UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the end of 1948.
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