The Story of Human Rights by Julieta Veira https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv Global Perspectives en-us 2023-05-16 11:27:20 UTC 2023-05-18 11:16:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Before 539 B.C juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2592948932 There were NO human rights, however, if you were in the right crowd you were safe.]]> 2023-05-16 11:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2592948932 539 B.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593683060 After a man named Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, he did something completely revolutionary, he declared that all slaves were free to go, people had the freedom to choose their religion no matter what crowd they were part of, finally his words were documented on a clay tablet, known as the “Cyrus Cylinder".]]> 2023-05-16 21:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593683060 479 B.C-27 B.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593684738 The human rights of that era were spread quickly to Greece (479 B.C.) to India (272 B.C.) and finally to Rome (27 B.C.). They noticed that people followed certain laws even if they weren't told, they were called this “natural laws”.]]> 2023-05-16 21:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593684738 1215 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593689557 There was a king in England, King John, who agreed that no one could overrule the rights of people, not even a king, this agreement was called the “Magna Carta” (Source B). Nevertheless, in 1776 America declared their independence from England. ]]> 2023-05-16 21:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593689557 1789 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593691245 The French followed with their own revolution for their own rights. And they insisted that their rights weren’t just made up, they were natural. And this is how the Roman concept of “Natural law” became “Natural Rights”.]]> 2023-05-16 21:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593691245 1800 A.C.-1814 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593692973 A man named Napoleon decided to overthrow the new French democracy and crown himself emperor of the world. He was just about to succeed but the countries of Europe joined forces and defeated him.Finally, the countries of Europe drew up international agreements broadly granting many rights, but only across Europe, the rest of the world somehow still didn’t count, instead Europe invaded America by massive European empires. ]]> 2023-05-16 21:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593692973 1913 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593693812 A young lawyer from India called Mahatma Gandhi started leading India protests, and in the face of violence he insisted that all people around the world had human rights, not only Europe, and in the end Europeans started to agree. ]]> 2023-05-16 21:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593693812 1914 A.C./1939 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593694577 2 World Wars blew up, a German man called Adolf Hitler, killed half of the Jewish community of Earth by using different methods like the terrifics Nazi death camps. More than 90 million people had died. ]]> 2023-05-16 21:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593694577 1945 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593695326 When WW 2 ended the world had the need to change, so the countries of the world got together and created the United Nations, their basic goal was “...To reaffirm faith and fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person.” (Scientology, 2022).]]> 2023-05-16 21:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593695326 1946 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593696360 With the supervision of a woman called Eleanor Roosvelt, who was an American political figure, diplomat, pacifist and activist, they agreed on a set of rights that apply to absolutely everyone, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making that the french concept of “natural rights” have finally become “human rights”.]]> 2023-05-16 21:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593696360 1948 A.C. juliamitashiro https://padlet.com/juliamitashiro/xf5x0hilqyl7ydxv/wish/2593697121 Some years later members of the United Nations attempted to develop the human rights provisions and capture them in a single document.
Finally, on the 10th of December, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declarations of Human Rights as a common standard for all people.
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