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Magma Charta
Magma Charta, made by
King John of England and the
nobles of the country:
“rulers are not above the law”. -
United States of America´s declaration of independence
the United States of America’s
Declaration of Independence stated that
“All men are created equal”. -
Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
anti-monarchy protesters wrote the
“Declaration of the Rights of Man and
the Citizen”. -
bill of rights
Over 200 women met at Seneca Falls,
USA, wrote a “bill of rights” -
Abraham Lincoln become USA´s president
Abraham Lincoln become USA President -
Emancipation Proclamation
USA President Abraham Lincoln wrote
the “Emancipation Proclamation”, which
declared slaves to be “forever free”. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
In the USA Abraham Lincoln was assassinated -
organized an international peace conference
In 1919, after the end of World War I, Britain, France and the USA organized an international peace conference in Paris. -
The League of Nations opened
The League of Nations at its opening session in
Geneva on November 15, 1920 -
exterminate men and women
From 1933, the Nazi government began to exterminate men and
women with mental or physical disabilities, and to persecute minority
groups, including Jews and gypsies. -
reduced to ruins
Warsaw (Poland) is reduced to ruins by the German military forces, -
Four freedoms
In 1941, US President Roosevelt
declared that “four freedoms” were essential for all people -
The end of the war
The war ended in 1945, but a long time before the leaders had declared their commitment to human rights. -
League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations Organization,
In 1945, the League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations. Organization, which drew up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
The declaration was signed up
The declaration was signed up in 1948. Since then, human rights ideas have been encouraged in many different ways. -
Holding the Universal Declarationof Human Rights as aposter in English
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States, holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a poster in English, in November 1949 . -
Independence from their European colonial
In the 1950s and 60s, leaders of Asian and African countries began to demand independence from their European colonial rulers, and many based their campaigns in human rights ideas, like Mahatma Gandhi and his fight for Indian independence from British rule. -
Feminist movements
From 1960s to the 1990s, feminist
movements campaigned from women’s
rights. -
Liberation movements inSouth America
In the 1970s, liberation movements in
South America demanded freedom
from dictatorship.