universal declaration of human rights

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS –
DOCUMENT OF UNIVERSAL VALUE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
DÉCLARATION UNIVERSELLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME –
DOCUMENT À VALEUR UNIVERSELLE DANS L′HISTOIRE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME
Nicolae PAVEL ∗
Abstract
The idea of human rights has been a difficult and winding path with a series of many struggles and
sacrifices for its supporters. The emergence of a coherent and above all effective practice of exercising
such rights was the result of a long premise necessary for the crystallization of the legal bases of human
rights.The reference documents in the history of human rights, in our opinion, may be: 1. Magna Carta
in 1215; 2. Declaration of Independence of the United States in1776 ; 3. French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789; 4. Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948.
Keywords: Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence of the United States, French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Maître de conférences à la Faculté de Droit et Administration Publique, Université « Spiru Haret », Bucarest et chercheur associé à
l'Institut de Recherche Juridiques « Andrei Radulescu » de l’Académie Roumaine.
STUDII ŞI CERCETĂRI JURIDICE, an 1 (57), nr. 1, p. 73–77, BUCUREŞTI, ianuarie–martie 2012