human rights

• define a human right


  moral principles that underlie standards of human behavior
• when was the declaration of human rights set up


  1948
• what is in the universal declaration of human rights


  30 articles that define basic human rights, that should be protected by law: initially signed by 48 countries
• what are examples of countries that didn't sign?

  USSR

  South Africa

  Saudi Arabia
• why did the USSR not sign?


  • fascism and nazism wasnt condemned enough
• why did South Africa not sign?


  Apartheid system
• why did Saudi Arabia not sign?


  womens rights are controversial and everyone having the right to change their religion or belief doesn't align