Sentence examples for a universal declaration for from inspiring English sources

Higgins, formerly a barrister in London specialising in employment, has already had success at the UN with a Universal Declaration for Planetary Rights, modelled on the human rights declaration.

After the second world war, when Eleanor Roosevelt spoke of the need for a universal declaration of human rights, she talked of wanting a Magna Carta for the world.

Perhaps the time is ripe for a Universal Declaration of Human Obligations.

It produced a People's Agreement, which called for very sharp reduction in emissions, and a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth.

Most recently, UNESCO has developed a Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights [ 35].

Today is Human Rights Day which is observed every year on December 10 in recognition of the December 10 , 1948adoption of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights in Paris.

Some of us believe a new Universal Declaration of Human Rights, fit for the 21st century, written in a participatory, direct and democratic way, needs to be written.

Maybe we need a new universal declaration.

In 1971 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that, "in order fully to guarantee the right to life, provided for in…the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," called for restricting the number of offenses for which the death penalty could be imposed, with a view toward abolishing it altogether.

Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for example outlines a 'right to health'.

She claims that the Universal Declaration provides inspiration for "growing numbers of women and men".