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Period: Jun 1, 1215 to
Human Rights Evolution
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Jun 15, 1215
The Creation and Signing of the Magna Carta
Established that everybody should be equal by the law (even the King). With this they established Private Property and the council would consult the king's decision. Also it established a trial before killing, they respected life. It was updated 3 times in the following years. This was a great contribution to the Human Rights Declaration because it made people respect life and made everyone equal by the law (supposely) -
Bill of rights 1689
William III and Mary II were proclaimed rulers od Ireland and England, with the condition of signing the Bill of Rights which established free elections and freedom of speech within the parliment, as well as several basic rights for the English people. This was used as a model for the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1789. It also influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights. -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
Stated that U.S didn't need Britain any more. The Draft was made by Thomas Jefferson which wrote it with the idea of the Natural Rights of the Man by John Locke. This contributed a lot to the democracy and freedom within the U.S. even though there was a lot of racism. This Declaration also contributed to the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of the Men & Citizen
This document had a major impact on the development of the liberty and democracy in Europe, also it was recognized as the "credo of the new age" . This document, with the Bill of Rights and the American Independence inspired in large part the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. It wasn't until the National Assembly that people actually obtained rights and participation un society. -
U.S. Abolition of Slavery
This was the beginning and end of slavery, the consequence of the Civil War was actually this, to abolish slavery. This all started with Abraham Lincoln. This contributed a lot in the Declaration of the Human Rights, because it helped colored people have rights, and be treated as equal, also to stop the horrible thing that slavery is. -
Imperialism
This is the execution of the countries power by force, a country taking over another one for its resources, labor, territory, etc. They include the intervention of the U.S in Mexico (1914), Iranian Coup d'etat (1953), Bahia de Cochinos (1961) among others. This was absolutely horrible for the Human rights, because they took a lot of the from the people, as in the case of private property, life, freedom, freedom of speech, etc. -
Holocaust
This is the Mass kiling of 11 Million people by the nazi party from Germany. 6 million of the deaths were Jews, homo-sexuals, among others that the nazis tought were "impure". This all started when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1934 until 1945. With his dead the Holocaust ended and the second WW ended as well.
This was a HUGE violation to the human rights, not just because they tought that other people were impure, but because they killed them, humiliated them, etc. A consequence was the UDHR
