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Glossary · Chapter 7: Human rights

förklaring

Swedish word. In English: declaration (of human rights)

Here: the UN document from 1948 that sets out which rights all people have.

Facts about the word

  • After the Second World War, one of the UN's first tasks was to agree on the rights that all people have and that no one may take from them. Sverige i fokus s. 22
  • The UN presented the Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. It contains 30 provisions called articles. Sverige i fokus s. 22
  • The declaration says that all people are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the right to a life free from violence. Sverige i fokus s. 22

Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.

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