Suffrage As A Human Right Flashcards
1
Q
What was the UN Universal Declaration of HR
A
-issued 1948
-proclaimed in article 21 everyone has ‘right to take part in govt of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives’ + ‘will of people..expressed in…genuine elections’
-also stated for ‘universal + equal suffrage’
-this approach adopted by other HR documents like European convention of HR
