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Person: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( Eleanor Roosevelt)

Event: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights being written and read by the UN. Eleanor Roosevelt helped write the human Rights Declaration. She called it a "Magna Carter for mankind".

Causes:One of the reasons for the Declaration of Human Rights was that many people had been segregated because of there skin color or beliefs. This happened in the south during the 1960's and many people usually civil rights leaders like Malcom X, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for African American rights. Another reason is that many people during medivial Europe were tortured. Event hough this is in the human Rights Declaration, over 130 countries still use torturing. These rights are stated in the Articles 1-5. These articles explain that no human being should be segregated because of skin color or beliefs and that no human being should be tortured either. Another reason why the universal Declaration of Human rights was written was to ensure that everyone got equal protection from the law like they should. Something like this was the Magna Carter signed in 1215 by King John which said that no man even the king would be above the law. This is stated in Articles 6-12. it also explains that no one can be arrested without a cause and will be considered innocent until proven otherwise. Articles 13-17 explain that everyone has a nationality and they cannot be deprived of it. it also explains that people may hold property but not be deprived of it. This is important because you can't claim land for yourself without a reason like the pilgrims did. Articles 18-21 state that everyone can hold any political or religious belief that they want and that the will of the people will be based in free elections. In Articles 22-27everyone is garunteed equal education leisure time.

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