Human Rights and the UDHR

Question 1

What are human rights?

Answer 1

Rights someone has simply because they are human

Question 2

What is the UDHR?

Answer 2

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 3

Who wrote the UDHR?

Answer 3

The UNO (United Nations Organization)

Question 4

What was the UNO’s goals

Answer 4

•To keep peace among the countries in the world
•To promote human rights
•To improve living conditions in poorer parts of the world

Question 5

When was the UDHR written?

Answer 5

1948

Question 6

What led to the formation of the UNO and the UDHR

Answer 6

After the atrocities of World War 2, people wanted to establish equality between humans

Question 7

Who did not sign the UDHR in 1948?

Answer 7

The National Party (South Africa)

Question 8

Why didn’t the National Party sign the UDHR?

Answer 8

They did not believe in human rights

Question 9

What was apartheid?

Answer 9

The racial segregation of white and non-white races in South Africa. Black people were typically treated horribly in this era

Question 10

What does the word “Apartheid” mean

Answer 10

Apartness