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3000 BCE
No human rights
At this year they still didn't had rights, so you just had to be with the good people -
539 BCE
Conquest of Babylon
Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, when that happened he let all slaves go free, in turn proclaiming religious freedom and becoming the first precursor of human rights. His words were engraved on the "cylinder of Cyrus." -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
A thousand years later,Tthe King John of England signs the first document that recognizes the rights of people. -
Independence of America
The United States Declaration of Independence includes the concept of natural rights and states that all human beings are equal and have inalienable rights such as the right to life and liberty. -
French Revolution
It expands on the rights of the Declaration of American Independence, and says that those rights are natural. -
Civil Disobedience Movement: Dandi March
AKA The Salt Satyagrah, it is one of the vital events in the history of India. The movement was Gandhi urged people to break salt law and marched for 24 days. The movement went on several phases and instigated the Indians to fight for their rights. This event also remains important because a lot of women in India became a part of it thereby Mahatma Gandhi was successful in uplifting the p[osition of women in the society. -
Founding Charter of United Nations and coinage of the term
The United Nations letter will be the first time that the term "human rights" appears. In the founding letter it appears 7 times throughout the text. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This milestone in the history of human rights was proclaimed at the UN Assembly in Paris. It is the first time in history that fundamental human rights that must be protected throughout the world have been established. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He fought for over 2 decades for the rights that were supposed to be guaranteed by the UN -
This is not the end
Even though all countries have signed up to the Universal Declaration, there's still millions of people that are deprived of their rights. -
Importance of Human Rights
Human rights are important just for the fact that they are given to you
simply because you're a human. They are inherent to each person. The International Law to Human Rights was established so it obliges all the nations to preserve the rights of any person inside and outside their territory.
