The Preamble of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.

From: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: van Aggelen, Johannes | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The First World War was fought for the ideological independence of nationalities and for the establishment of a collective security system and international peace. The Second World War then essentially generated a crusade for human rights. Indeed the first part of the twentieth century witnessed a real counter-revolution, reincarnating all of the principles of liberty and equality without discrimination already enshrined in the English Magna Charta of 121...

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