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{{Wikisource|Universal Declaration of Human Rights}}

The '''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''' ('''UDHR''') is an international document adopted by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] that enshrines the [[Human rights|rights and freedoms of all human beings]]. Drafted by a UN [[Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights|committee]] chaired by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], it was accepted by the General Assembly as [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217|Resolution 217]] during [[Third session of the United Nations General Assembly|its third session]] on 10 December 1948 at the [[Palais de Chaillot]] in Paris, France.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Human Rights Law|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/universal-declaration/human-rights-law/index.html|access-date=20 August 2020|website=United Nations|language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200813084117/https://www.un.org/en/sections/universal-declaration/human-rights-law/index.html |archive-date= Aug 13, 2020 }}</ref> Of the 58 members of the [[United Nations]] at the time, 48 voted in favour, none against, eight [[abstentions|abstained]], and two did not vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14O243550E15G.60956&profile=voting&uri=full=3100023~!909326~!676&ri=1&aspect=power&menu=search&source=~!horizon|title=A/RES/217(III)|publisher=UNBISNET|access-date=24 May 2015|archive-date=21 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232151/http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14O243550E15G.60956&profile=voting&uri=full=3100023~!909326~!676&ri=1&aspect=power&menu=search&source=~!horizon|url-status=dead}}</ref>