human rights
THE Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948, and it recognised the “inherent dignity and … equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family” as the “foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”.
[The Hindu equivalent of the human family is Vasudev Kutambhakam – the world is one family and all humans are connected (Maha Upanishad, V. 71), written about 5 000 years ago. The African equivalent is Ubuntu – I am because you are, which “embraces the idea that humans cannot exist in isolation. We depend on connection, community and caring – simply, we cannot
