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For example, in 1941, US President Roosevelt
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In 1848, over 200 women met at Seneca Falls,
USA, to write a “bill of rights” detailing the
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In 1863, USA President Abraham Lincoln issued
the “Emancipation Proclamation”, which
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Abraham Lincoln USA President 1860-65
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In 1919, after the end of World War I, Britain, France and the USA organized an international peace conference in Paris.
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The League of Nations at its opening session in
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From 1933, the Nazi government began to exterminate men and
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Warsaw (Poland) is reduced to ruins following a three-week
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World War II began in 1939, with Britain, France, Russia and later USA, fighting against Nazi Germany and its allies Italy and Japan.
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The war ended in 1945 but, long before that, government leaders had declared their commitment to human rights.
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In 1945, the League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations Organization, which drew up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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The declaration was signed up in 1948. Since then, human rights ideas have been encouraged in many different ways.
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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States, holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a poster in English, in November 1949 .
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In the 1950s and 60s, leaders of Asian and African countries began to demand independence from their European colonial rulers,
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From 1960s to the 1990s, feminist movements campaigned fro women’s rights.
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In the 1970s, liberation movements in South America demanded freedom from dictatorship.