Which landmark international human rights document was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948, chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

  1. Step 1: Drafted by a multinational committee including René Cassin, P.C. Chang, Charles Malik, and John Peters Humphrey, this text established universal moral rights.
  2. Step 2: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) consists of 30 articles affirming fundamental civil, political, economic, and social rights inherent to all human beings, commemorated every December 10 as Human Rights Day.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Why not the others: 'Geneva Conventions of 1949' The four Geneva Conventions were adopted in Switzerland under the ICRC to protect wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians during wartime; 'International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)' The ICCPR is a binding multilateral treaty adopted in 1966 that entered into force in 1976 alongside the ICESCR; 'Charter of the United Nations' The UN Charter is the foundational constitutional treaty of the organization, signed in San Francisco on June 26, 1945.

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