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Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being
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In 1863 , USA Abraham Lincoln issued the "Emancipation Proclamation", which declared slaves to be forever free
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After the end of World War 1 ,Britain , France and the USA organized an internatinal peace conference in Paris
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Nazi government began to exterminate men and women with mental or physical disabilities , and to persecute minority groups , including Jews and gypsies
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In 1945 , the League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations Organization , which drew up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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In 1970 , liberation movements in South Africa demanded freedom from dictatorship.
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The Millennium Development Goals, are a set of realistic and achievable targets adopted by the UN in 2000. They aim to lift around 500 million people out of poverty by the year 2015.
