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539 BCE
Cyrus the great
Cyrus the great announced that all slaves were free to go and he also said people had the freedom to chose their religion no matter what crowd they were apart of. -
1215
Manya carta.
England's king finally agreed that no one can overrule the rights to people not even a king. -
Petition of right
People's rights were finally recognised. -
America declares people's independence.
That all men are created equal. -
The french revolution.
the French immediately with their own revolution for their own rights. Their list was even longer and they insisted that these rights weren't just made up, they were natural. The Roman concept of natural law had become natural rights. -
The Napoleon invades Europe.
Napoleon decided to overthrow the new French democracy and crown himself emperor of the world. He almost succeeded but the countries of Europe joined forces and defeated. Human rights was again a hot topic. -
Mahatma Gandhi leads India protest.
In the face of violence, he insisted that all people of earth had rights not just in Europe. -
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World war II
Hitler exterminated half the Jewish population in horrifying Nazi death camps. A total of 90 million people died. Never had human rights been violated so terrifyingly close to extinction and never the world been more desperate for change. -
United nations established.
Countries of the earth banded together and formed the united nations. Their basic purpose was "To reaffirm faith in the fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person." -
The universal declaration of the human rights
The French concept of natural rights have finally become human rights.