Development of Human Rights

Introduction to Development of Human Rights...3
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen...4
Bill of Rights...6
On the Legal Rights and Responsibilities of the Deaf and Dumb...9
Man's Rights, or, How Would You Like It? Comprising Dreams...14
The Duties of American Citizenship...17
The Communist Manifesto...22
The People's Legal Right to Freedom...25
Niagara's Declaration of Principles...28
Four Freedoms...31
Punishment and Prevention of War Crimes...35
Creation of UN Commission on Human Rights...38
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights...41
Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights...45
Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War...47
Equal Rights Amendment...50
Beauty Will Save the World...52
The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe...54
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...57
Israel's Knesset Debates the Adoption of a Human Rights Charter...61
Responding to Complex Humanitarian Crises and Massive Abuses of Human Rights...67
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...72
The Menace That Wasn't...75

Introduction to Development of Human Rights...3

PRIMARY SOURCES

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    National Assembly of France, 1789...4

Bill of Rights
    U.S. Congress, 1791...6

On the Legal Rights and Responsibilities of the Deaf and Dumb
    Harvey P. Peet, 1857...9

Man's Rights, or, How Would You Like It? Comprising Dreams
    Annie Denton Cridge, 1870...14

The Duties of American Citizenship
    Theodore Roosevelt, 1883...17

The Communist Manifesto
    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848...22

The People's Legal Right to Freedom
    Zhinazi, 1903...25

Niagara's Declaration of Principles
    Anonymous, 1905...28

Four Freedoms
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941...31

Punishment and Prevention of War Crimes
    League of Nations, 1943...35

Creation of UN Commission on Human Rights
    United Nations, 1946...38

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    United Nations General Assembly, 1948...41

Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights
    Eleanor Roosevelt, 1948...45

Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
    United Nations, 1950...47

Equal Rights Amendment
    Martha Griffiths, Birch Bayh and Marlow Cook, 1972...50

Beauty Will Save the World
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1974...52

The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
    Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1975...54

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
    United Nations, 1984...57

Israel's Knesset Debates the Adoption of a Human Rights Charter
    Netanel Lorch, 1964...61

Responding to Complex Humanitarian Crises and Massive Abuses of Human Rights
    Joelle Tanguy, 1998...67

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    David Manasian, 1998...72

The Menace That Wasn't
    Anonymous, 2004...75