Реферат: HUMAN RIGHTS

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1948, sets out basic rights and freedoms to which all women and men are entitled — among them the right to life, liberty and nationality, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to work, to be educated, to take part in government.

Together with the Declaration, these rights constitute the International Bill of Human Rights.

The Declaration laid the groundwork for more than 80 convention and declarations on human rights, including conventions to eliminate racial discrimination and discrimination against women; convention on the rights of the child; the status of refugees and the prevention оf genocide; and declarations on self-determination, enforced disappearances and the right to development.

With the standards-setting work nearly complete, the UN is shifting the emphasis of its human rights work to the implementation of human rights laws. The UN Commission on Human Rights, an intergovernmental body, holds public meetings to review the human rights performance of States.

Promoting respect for human rights is increasingly central to UN development assistance. In particular, the right to development is seenas part of a dynamic process, which integrates all civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights and improves the well-being of all individuals in a society. Key to the enjoyment of the right to development is the eradication of poverty, a major UN goal.