The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Despite setbacks, UN ushered in 65 years of progress on human rights... The UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted 65 years ago paved the way for decades of progress. The picture of human rights today is hardly as encouraging. But changing norms takes time and doesn't follow a linear path.
Indian Dalits, members of the outcast community once known as
untouchables, applaud a speaker at a sit-in protest on Human Rights Day
near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, India, Dec. 10. Tsering Topgyal/AP
"Those who authored the UDHR 65 years ago knew that they would not
live to see the world transformed to their full liking, but they had
faith that it would gravitate in the direction they envisioned. It is
impossible to compare the world of 1948 to today and not be convinced
that indeed it has." William F. Schulz, president of the
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee & former executive director
of Amnesty International USA.
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