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593 BCE
Conquest of Babylon
Cyrus the Great was the first king of antique Persia after the conquer of Babylon, he gave freedom to all the slaves and declared that all the people had the right to choose their own religion, and established the racial equality.
Cyrus Cylinder was considered "the first declaration of Human Rights" it was discovered more than 130 years ago in the Ruins of Babylon in Iraq. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Is a charter of English liberties granted by King John.
Above all, the Magna Carta guaranteed that government, royal or otherwise, would be limited by the written law of the land.
Other guarantees were: Free church, reforming law and justice, and Controlling the behavior of royal officials. -
Independence of America
When Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence in 1776, he took ideas from John Locke´s book "Second Treatise of Government".
The Declaration stated that:
- All men are created equal
- All men are guaranteed by God a set of unalienable rights
- The purpose of government is to safeguard these rights
- People may change their government if it fails in this regard.
freedom of speech, freedom of religious worship, and freedom of assembly. -
French Revolution
End of Feudal System
The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the
citizen.
War broke out in Europe. Ended in 1815 with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.
Throughout Europe, people demanded that kings and queens share power with their people, such as France.
The French Revolution was a beacon of light that gave a world dominated by aristocratic privilege and monarchical tyranny a hope of freedom. -
Founding charter of the United Nations term
At the end of the second world war and leaving too many negative effects around all the world, on October 24, 51 countries come together and the United Nations Organization also known as the ONU its created with the main purpose seek the peace in all the world and the good relationships between all the nations.
1948 began the draft of the declaration of human rights. -
Universal declaration of the Human Rights
Milestone document in the history of human rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948.
Motivated by the experiences of the preceding world wars
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted in 1951 and entered into force in 1954)
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (adopted in 1965 and entered into force in 1969)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (adopted in 1989 and entered into force in 1990)
