Upcoming Event:
The Center for Genocide, Holocaust and Human Rights Studies of UMD will host:
"Genocide and Gender-Based Violence: Darfur, the Holocaust, and American Indians"
on Sat. Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Kirby Ballroom.
Light refreshments will be served.
Featured speakers include:
- Holocaust scholar Dr. Elizabeth Baer, "Women in the Holocaust"
- Dr. Ellen Kennedy from the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, "Gender-based Violence in Darfur"
- Holocaust survivor Margo DeWilde
- Suzanne Koepplinger from the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, "Trafficking of American Indian Women"
- American Indian trafficking survivor Christine Stark.
For more information contact Dr. Alexis Pogorelskin from the UMD History department at 726-7548 or apogorel@d.umn.edu.
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the Declaration.
PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,