Join us to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with keynote speaker Dr. Karenbeth Zacharias, Division Chair for Humanities & Liberal Arts and the Director of the Lawrence D. Starr Center for Peace & Justice at the University of Saint Mary.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. The UDHR is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels (all containing references to it in their preambles).
This event starts at 5:30 pm on December 11, 2023 at the Harry S Truman Library 500 West US Highway 24 in Independence MO.
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