Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: our government might not organise a party, but the rest of us should

Klug, Francesca (2018) Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: our government might not organise a party, but the rest of us should [Online resource]

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The worldview that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promotes is the polar opposite of the one actually gaining traction today, writes Francesca Klug. She argues that the Declaration was written for a precise moment like now, when lessons learnt from genocide and war are replaced by national pride and international indifference.