• seneca falls

    in 1848, over 200 women met at Seneca Falls, USA, to write a "bill of rights"
  • "emancipation proclamation"

    in 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation, which declared slaves to be "forever free"
  • the end of the world war I

    after the end of the first world war, Britain, France and the USA organized an internantional peace conference in Paris.
  • the leage of nations

    the leage of nations is an internantional peace and co-operation organization, also called the fair treatment
  • the Nazi government

    the Nazi government began to exterminate men and women with mental or phisical disabilities, and to persecute minority groups, including Jews and Gypsies
  • the world war II started

    The Second World War started in 1939, with Britain, France, Rusia and later USA
  • "four freedoms"

    President Roosevelt declared that four freedoms were essential for all people
  • the end of world war II

    in 1945 the second world war ended but long before that governement leaders declared the comitent to the rights of humans
  • united nations

    the League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations
  • the declaration of the human rights

    It was signed up in 1948
  • the feminist movements

    The Feminist movements campaigned for women rights
  • the liberation movements

    The liberation movements in South America demanded freedom from Dictatorship
  • the UN sent 60 peacekeeping

    the UN sent 60 peace keeping missions to areas of conflict