Universal declaration of human rights

Human Rights and Democracy

  • May 10, 627

    B.C. Roman Empire

    B.C. Roman Empire
    Principal of natural law is created in Rome giving laws to citizens. Roman "natural law" was the legal system of ancient Rome. The first legal document of Rome was the Law of the Twelve Tables about the laws of Rome and Europe.
  • May 10, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Magna Carta is drafted by King John of England. There were many revisions to the Magna Carta one of the last being in 1297 by King Edward The First of England when he reissued the Charter of 1225 for a new tax.
  • British Petition of Rights

    British Petition of Rights
    The first western document giving human rights.
  • British Bill of Rights

    British Bill of Rights
    British bill of rights created.
  • American Independence

    American Independence
    America declaires it's independence from Britaish. The United States of America becomes it's own country seperate from the coutries of Europe. The United States has it's own rights The Declarion of Independence saying they are a country all their own and what rights their citizens have.
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    The French take Roman Natural Law and create Natural Rights. These rights are given in the French document the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. During the Revolution the people of France decapitated the king of France King Louis the fourteenth and his wife Marie Antoinette.
  • -1918 World War 1

    -1918 World War 1
    The first world war happens.
  • Gandi

    Gandi
    Mahatma Gandi leads India in a protest against Great Britain.
  • Gandi-Irwin

    Gandi-Irwin
    The Gandi-Irwin Pact sets the stage for India's independence.
  • - 1945, World War ll

    - 1945, World War ll
    The second world war happens.
  • United Nations

    United Nations
    The United Nations is created to help the world with international law, international security and human rights.The UN was created to replace the Leage of Nationals a group that was meant to provent things like world war two. Currently there are 193 mamber states of the UN.
  • Human Rights

    Human Rights
    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created by the United Nations with help from Eleanor Roosevelt. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights consists of 30 articles detailing everyones rights as a human.
  • B.C. Cyrus the Great

    B.C. Cyrus the Great
    Cyrus the Great concours Babylon freed the slaves and gave freedom of religion to all.