USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eleanor Roosevelt’s leading role as Chairperson of the drafting committee of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been well documented. But other women also played essential parts in shaping the document.

Detailed explanation-2: -The underlying structure of the Universal Declaration was influenced by the Code Napoléon, including a preamble and introductory general principles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Preventing War by Supporting Human Rights The U.N. was founded at a time when people like Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to avoid such a disaster and address human rights as a way of preventing war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Drafting Committee-Members In February 1947, in accordance with a decision from the first session of the Commission on Human Rights (E/259), a group consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, Pen-Chun Chang and Charles Malik, began drafting the International Bill of Human Rights.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.