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The United Nations and Human Rights

The promotion and protection of human rights has been a major preoccupation for the United Nations since 1945, when the Organization's founding nations resolved that the horrors of the Second World War should never be allowed to recur. The Charter of the United Nations, signed on 26 June 1945, states that the fundamental objectives of the universal organization is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" and "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women".

The history of human rights is the history of the United Nations and of the creation of its main human rights bodies. The activities of these bodies are based on the commitment to human rights, to the dignity and worth of all human beings and to the equal rights of men and women. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, an elaborate system of mechanisms has been created to ensure the advancement of universal human rights, as well as to deal with violations of human rights as they occur. This site contains information and links to the websites of the main United Nations bodies dealing with issues of human rights and human rights violations, as well as the texts of major international human rights instruments. More on United Nations Standard-setting Instruments and Bodies dealing with Human Rights


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