A Brief History of The International Bill of Human Rights

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The International Bill of Human Rights is a model

a blueprint for a better world.

In far future histories, it will be written that it was

the most important accomplishment of the 20th Century.Almost all the nations of the world agreed on language defining the basic standards that apply to the circumstances of every human being everywhere, regardless of nation, race, sex, age religion or social status.

This extraordinary and historic agreement would

have been wasted, however, if the people of the world had not become aware of the document and made it their own and stood by it until it became the law of the land, of all lands.

And, it may well be written, they would not and

could not have become aware of it in sufficient numbers without the emergence in the 1990s of the Internet. [The greatest social impact of the WorldWide Web, every 2150 schoolkid knows, was that it enabled the peoples of the world to discover and embrace and appreciate and ultimately give teeth to The International Bill of Human Rights.]

Read on, please. And learn that this document

exists, and that you yourself can contribute significantly to building a better world for your children and your children's children, merely by recognizing and valuing the existence of this agreement that spells out the rights of all men and women everywhere...and by spreading the word to others.

Americans are very proud of their own Bill of

Rights. But they don't necessarily understand that that Bill did not have magical powers the decade it was passed. It was 60 years before slavery was abolished, and more than a hundred years before women were granted the right to vote. The Bill took time to have an impact. But it made (and continues to make-look at the Internet!) a huge difference.

As President Carter said when he signed The

International Bill of Human Rights in 1977, "Because the beliefs expressed in these documents [the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Bill of Rights were at the heart of what we Americans most valued about our selves, they created a momentum toward the realization of the hopes that they offered."

Another American president, Harry Truman, said

in 1945 to the delegates at the first sessions of the United Nations, "We have reason to expect the framing of an international bill of rights, that will be as much a part of international life as our own Bill of Rights is a part of our Constitution."

But in 1997-98, with human rights issues

dominating world news every day, most people in the U.S. and everywhere else were barely aware that the International Bill existed. That's where you come in, dear browser. Check out this site. Get the story. Read the Universal Declaration. Know your rights.

Tell your friends.

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	The International Bill of Human Rights is a model
a blueprint for a better world.

	In far future histories, it will be written that it was
the most important accomplishment of the 20th Century.Almost all the nations of the world agreed on language defining the basic standards that apply to the circumstances of every human being everywhere, regardless of nation, race, sex, age religion or social status.

	This extraordinary and historic agreement would
have been wasted, however, if the people of the world had not become aware of the document and made it their own and stood by it until it became the law of the land, of all lands.

	And, it may well be written, they would not and
could not have become aware of it in sufficient numbers without the emergence in the 1990s of the Internet. [The greatest social impact of the WorldWide Web, every 2150 schoolkid knows, was that it enabled the peoples of the world to discover and embrace and appreciate and ultimately give teeth to The International Bill of Human Rights.]

	Read on, please. And learn that this document
exists, and that you yourself can contribute significantly to building a better world for your children and your children's children, merely by recognizing and valuing the existence of this agreement that spells out the rights of all men and women everywhere...and by spreading the word to others.

	Americans are very proud of their own Bill of
Rights. But they don't necessarily understand that that Bill did not have magical powers the decade it was passed. It was 60 years before slavery was abolished, and more than a hundred years before women were granted the right to vote. The Bill took time to have an impact. But it made (and continues to make-look at the Internet!) a huge difference.

	As President Carter said when he signed The
International Bill of Human Rights in 1977, "Because the beliefs expressed in these documents [the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Bill of Rights were at the heart of what we Americans most valued about our selves, they created a momentum toward the realization of the hopes that they offered."

	Another American president, Harry Truman, said
in 1945 to the delegates at the first sessions of the United Nations, "We have reason to expect the framing of an international bill of rights, that will be as much a part of international life as our own Bill of Rights is a part of our Constitution."

	But in 1997-98, with human rights issues
dominating world news every day, most people in the U.S. and everywhere else were barely aware that the International Bill existed. That's where you come in, dear browser. Check out this site. Get the story. Read the Universal Declaration. Know your rights.