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Human Rights

By Carmenchus04
  • 539 BCE

    The Cyrus Cylinder

    The Cyrus Cylinder
    The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient record and has now been recognized as the world’s first charter of human rights.
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    King John violated a number of ancient laws, which England had been governed, his subjects forced him to sign the Magna Carta

  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right
    (1) No taxes may be levied without consent of Parliament
    (2) No subject may be imprisoned without cause shown (reaffirmation of the right of habeas corpus),
    (3) No soldiers may be quartered upon the citizenry,
    (4) Martial law may not be used in time of peace.

  • United States Declaration of Independence

    United States Declaration of Independence
    On July 4, 1776, the United States Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration as a formal explanation of why they had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    The Declaration proclaims that all citizens are to be guaranteed the rights of “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression

  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    The Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of assembly and the freedom to petition. It also prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment and compelled self-incrimination.

  • The First Geneva Convention

    The First Geneva Convention
    The main principles in the Convention, Geneva Conventions provided for the obligation to extend care without discrimination to hurt and sick military, and respect for and marking of medical transports and equipment with the distinctive sign of the red cross on a white background.

  • The United Nations

    The United Nations
    At the end of WWII, cities throughout Europe and all of Asia were destroyed. Delegates from fifty countries met in San Francisco Full of hope. And the main goal was to promote peace and prevent future wars.

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    Eleanor Roosevelt a human rights champion in her own right and the United States delegate to the UN—the Commission set out to draft the document that became the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  • Human Rights Day

    Human Rights Day
    Human Rights Day is celebrated every December 10, this was the date on which the General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in 1948.