Exam 4: Historical Events and Figures in Human Rights Development

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in............., partly in response to the atrocities of World War II.

In Britain key developments include the Magna Carta of............., the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 and the Bill of Rights of 1689.

............... retired from politics in 1825 and died on 29 July 1833, shortly after the act to free slaves in the British Empire passed through the House of Commons.

William Pitt was the Prime Minister of..................

In ................. Wilberforce became Member of Parliament for Hull, later representing Yorkshire.

The United Nations Human Rights Council, created at the ............... World Summit to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, has a mandate to investigate violations of human rights.

This was achieved in the British Empire by the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act was passed in British Empire in................

While the term 'civil war' generically refers to a war within the nation, it has now become synonymous to the American Civil War - also known as the War Between the States - of................, which was fought between the United States of America (Union) and the Confederate States of America (Confederacy).

To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ........................

The UDHR was framed by members of the Human Rights Commission, with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as Chair, who began to discuss an International Bill of Rights in................

On 10 December 1948 in.............., the General Assembly of the UnitedNations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

On 26 July................, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed - outlawing slavery in most parts of the British Empire.

The Human Rights Act 1998 (also known as the Act or the HRA) came into force in the United Kingdom in October...............

The Geneva Conventions came into being between 1864 and 1949 as a result of efforts by ..............., the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

..................... died in 1833, just three days before Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which effectively banned slavery in the British Empire.

In............., the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were adopted by the United Nations.

................was one of Britain's great social reformers.

At the 1945 .............. Conference, the Allied Powers agreed to create a new body to supplant the League's role; this was to be the United Nations.

Slavery Abolition Act …………. effectively banned slavery in the British Empire

The American Civil War started on 12th April, .............., and came to an end on 9th April, 1865, thus lasting for four years and resulting in heavy loss of life and property.