The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 75 this weekend. But how universal are those rights?


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“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” This is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10th, 1948. Its 75th anniversary on Sunday prompts reflections on the declaration’s real historical role. Has it helped achieve the rights proclaimed in its 30 articles? In summary, they begin with fundamental rights: to life, liberty and security of person; against slavery; to recognition, equality and remedy...