Você já ouviu falar sobre a Declaração dos Direitos Humanos? Leia o texto abaixo, que nos conta comoela surgiu:

"The devastation of World War II sparked an international desire for peace. It also encouraged the crea-

tion of a system of principles that could ensure the protection of basic human rights and dignity. Eleanor

Roosevelt, the widow of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was one of the first American delegates

to the United Nations. A longtime activist on behalf of minorities, women, workers, and refugees, Roo-

sevelt became the chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights. She worked with a small group

of representatives from countries around the world to define the most essential universal rights and

establish them in an official document. On December 10, 1948, she urged the United Nations General

Assembly to approve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights