Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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United Nations resolution declaration foundational human rights document international human rights instrument

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark 1948 United Nations document that sets out fundamental human rights and freedoms to be universally protected.

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Label	Occurrences
Universal Declaration of Human Rights canonical	73
UDHR	2
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights	1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (A/RES/217 A (III))	1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adoption resolution	1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights drafting process	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Context triple: [Eleanor Roosevelt, notableWork, Universal Declaration of Human Rights]

A. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
B. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
C. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
D. North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty is the 1949 founding agreement that created the NATO military alliance, establishing collective defense commitments among Western nations during the early Cold War.
E. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Target entity description: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark 1948 United Nations document that sets out fundamental human rights and freedoms to be universally protected.

A. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
B. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
C. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
D. North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty is the 1949 founding agreement that created the NATO military alliance, establishing collective defense commitments among Western nations during the early Cold War.
E. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations resolution ⓘ declaration ⓘ foundational human rights document ⓘ international human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedAtSession	Third session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1948-12-10 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Paris ⓘ
chairOfDraftingCommittee	Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Human Rights Day ⓘ
commemorationDate	December 10 ⓘ
draftedBy	United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
draftingCommitteeMember	Charles Malik ⓘ Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ John Humphrey ⓘ Peng Chun Chang ⓘ René Cassin ⓘ
formsPartOf	International Bill of Human Rights ⓘ
fullName	Universal Declaration of Human Rights self-link ⓘ
hasPreamble	true ⓘ
influenced	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding resolution ⓘ
numberOfArticles	30 ⓘ
principle	dignity of the human person ⓘ equality before the law ⓘ non-discrimination ⓘ universality of human rights ⓘ
recognizedRight	freedom from slavery ⓘ freedom from torture ⓘ freedom of opinion and expression ⓘ freedom of thought, conscience and religion ⓘ right to a fair trial ⓘ right to education ⓘ right to life ⓘ right to participate in government ⓘ right to seek asylum ⓘ right to social security ⓘ right to work ⓘ
scope	universal ⓘ
shortName	Universal Declaration of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UDHR
subjectMatter	fundamental freedoms ⓘ human rights ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber	A/RES/217 A (III) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights → inspiredBy → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Office of International Religious Freedom → usesLegalFramework → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Hansa Mehta → contributedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy → reaffirms → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration → basedOn → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration → refersTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol of San Salvador → preambleReferences → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights → inspiredBy → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Canadian Bill of Rights → influencedBy → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 → referencesInstrument → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → areRecognizedBy → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

ICERD → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

CCPR → relatedInstrument → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

ICRMW → preambleReferences → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Council resolutions → basedOn → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → linkedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

GA res. 2200A (XXI) → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems → preambleReferences → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan → rightsFramework → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

European conventions on nationality → influencedBy → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

World War II atrocities → ledTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Declaration of Philadelphia → influenced → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

Declaration of Philadelphia as annex → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Declaration of Philadelphia

1968 International Conference on Human Rights (in terms of humanitarian law development context) → relatedTo → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: 1968 International Conference on Human Rights

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → preambleReferences → Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ

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