General Article From Gaza to Ukraine, what would the pioneers of human rights think of our world today?

Topic Selected: Human Rights Book Volume: 442

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects the most vulnerable: we must fight to defend and extend it.

By Philippe Sands

During the week when we mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, I have been thinking about the genesis of both events and how we should commemorate them now.

Adopted within 24 hours of each other in Paris in December 1948, the Universal Declaration seeks to protect individu...

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