Libraries

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • Other Human Rights Instruments

• "Human Rights" United Nations Yearbook. 1948-49. p.524

• International Bill of Human Rights Fact Sheet
  The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two Optional Protocols.

• United Nations University

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60
    A seminar held at the United Nations University. Watch video of the seminar.

• Know Your Rights 2008
  From the United Nations Information Centre for Western Europe

Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt was Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights during the drafting of the declaration.

• The Promise of Human Rights
  Foreign Affairs Magazine, April 1948

• The Struggle for Human Rights
  At the Sorbonne, Sept 28, 1948

• Statement to the United Nations General Assembly
  Paris, December 9,1948
      to the speech from the Web site American Rhetoric

Note: Newspaper and journal articles are available to remote users with a Penn State Access Account. Visitors to the University Libraries at any campus can also access these materials.

News

• Kenton, John.  "Preamble Backed in Rights Charter: 'Universal Declaration' Is to Be Name of Document -New Study to Be Made"
  New York Times 1 Dec. 1948, p. 9.

• "Russia Would Bar Charter on Rights"
  New York Times, 10 Dec 1948: p. 13

• Leviero, Anthony. "Truman Proclaims Human Rights Day. Ask Observance Every Dec. 10 of Anniversay of United Nations Declaration"
  New York Times, 9 Nov. 1949: p.20

   

Journal Articles

• Gendon, Mary Ann. "The Rule of Law in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
  Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights Vol. 2 (April 2004): p. 5

• Henkin, Louis. "The Universality of Human Rights"
  Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 506, (Nov. 1989), pp. 10-16

• Sengupta, Arjun. "Right to Development as a Human Right"
  Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36, No. 27 (Jul. 7-13, 2001): pp. 2527-2536

• Roosevelt, Eleanor. The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
  Contains many of Mrs. Roosevelt's writings and speeches related to the Declaration

• Glendon, Mary Ann. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Morsink, Johannes. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent

• Eide, Asbjørn, Theresa Swinehart, and United Nations. General Assembly. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Commentary

• Lyons, Gene Martin, & James Mayall. International Human Rights in the 21st Century: Protecting the Rights of Groups

• Butler,Clark. Human Rights Ethics : A Rational Approach

• Griffin, James. On Human Rights

• United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Nations. General Assembly. ABC : Teaching Human Rights : Practical Activities for Primary and Secondary Schools

• Normand, Roger and Sarah Zaidi. Human Rights at the UN : the Political History of Universal Justice

• "Human Rights Questions at the Third Regular Session of the General Assembly: The United States Position"
  Foreign Relations of the United States. (1948) v.1, pt. 1: p. 289-306

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
  Annual State Department Reports