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Overview of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations in 1948, is a pivotal document that establishes universally accepted standards for human rights. It arose after World War II and has led to further declarations addressing specific needs, such as the rights of persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples. In Nigeria, religious tensions exist due to the coexistence of Islamic and Christian practices, contributing to conflicts exemplified by groups like Boko Haram.

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Overview of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations in 1948, is a pivotal document that establishes universally accepted standards for human rights. It arose after World War II and has led to further declarations addressing specific needs, such as the rights of persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples. In Nigeria, religious tensions exist due to the coexistence of Islamic and Christian practices, contributing to conflicts exemplified by groups like Boko Haram.

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Introduction

The United Nation describe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(UDHR) as a milestone document in the history of human rights. (United

Nations, n.d.). Every man deserves dignity and rights to live, expression,

etc. Definition of what are the standard or fundamentally right of human

beings are universally acceptable have led to many conventions and

declarations.

Developments

At the end of World War and the emergence of the United Nation (UN). In

1945, the UN created the first article of the Universal Declaration of

Human Right (UDHR). The article ‘affirm the dignity and worth of every

human person’ (A Brief Human Rights Timeline, n.d.). It is this article that

kickstarts the modern day human right development, conventions, and

declarations. In 1948, the United Nation (UN) adopts the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is made up of 20 articles

that declared universally accepted standard for human right

engagements. Prior to the 1945 adoption of the article of the UDHR by the

UN, there is the abolishment of slavery by the British parliament in 1833

through the Slavery Abolition Act; the 1791 Bill of Right in the United

States, which includes right of freedom of expression, trial by jury, and

right to belief and assembly (A Brief Human Rights Timeline, n.d.)

In recent times, many more declaration have been adopted to cater for

special or specific needs of a group of people or individuals. In 2006 and

2007, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted.


The adoption caters for the disables in the society. There is also the

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted in 2011,

Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training (2011); Declaration

on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), etc (A Brief Human Rights

Timeline, n.d.). These adoptions by the UN have improved and cater for

special cases that were not fully considered in the early days of human

right protection movement.

Nigeria is a complex country with religion groups strength shared at

different geo-political zones of the country. The north of the country is

predominantly Islamic while is the south is predominantly Christians. With

Islam, it is difficult to separate the government or the way of life from

religion. There are established Islamic (sharia) law courts that handle

customary and criminal laws that regulates the daily lives of the Muslim

faith. However, the predominantly Christian south does not have cleric

laws courts, the state is separate from religion, etc. The Nigerian

constitution supersede other laws.

Conflicts

There are lots of religion intolerance going on around now. For Nigeria, the

Boko Haram (Western Education is Forbidding). The group has claimed

responsivities far too many for the calamities have befallen the country.
References

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timeline

United Nations. (n.d.). Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United


Nations. [Link]
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