Module 1

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In the video lecture on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the previous section, I argued that the UDHR has had an important, global impact. But not everyone agrees that the human rights movement spawned by the UDHR is as impactful or that its future is assured.

Reading

Read the following short articles, on openGlobalRights:

What do you think? Is global attention to human rights an inevitable feature of international relations? Or might the UN’s interest in this issue diminish? Keep this question in mind as you progress through the modules.