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Development of Education System Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 30: Brief Historical Background of Human Rights

with Special Reference to Universal Decleration of
Human Rights, Human Rights Act in Indian
Legislation

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
30.1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
30.2 International Human Rights Instruments and their Application in India
30.3 The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
30.4 State Human Rights Commissions
30.5 Functions of State Human Right Commission
30.6 Summary
30.7 Keywords
30.8 Review Questions
30.9 Further Readings

Objective
The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below :
• to discuss about the universal declaration of human rights
• to describe about international human rights instruments and their application in india
• to discuss about the the protection of human rights act, 1993
• to explain about state human rights commissions
• to discuss about the functions of state human right commission

Introduction

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). The Declaration
arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global
expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. We will talk about it
this unit.

30.1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document which was drafted by the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights after the close of the Second World War. The document
was intended to more clearly define the "rights" mentioned in the charter of the United Nations,
while also providing a clear and general definition of human rights for all member nations.
The Declaration has since been translated into over 300 languages, and it is very widely referenced
all over the world.

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