The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• www.un.orgWhereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
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·a list of related keywords and phrases from the Constitution for the USoA, if any
·an exerpt of the text of the UDHR being discussed,
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·commentary
·repeat for introduction, preamble, and all 30 articles
These comments are excerpted from The CONSTITUTION Notebook Program , available for download from CNET with the link provided. I recommend the “direct download” link. If you click the big friendly green download button, you get a series of screens with print way too small to read. I cancelled that.
Introduction
This seminar focuses on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (UDHR).
The 8 paragraphs of the Preamble are presented as 8 separate headings.
A heading is devoted to each article. A line of asterisks is used to show where the included text from the UDHR ends.
For handy references, intuitively apparent prefixes have been added to the title of each heading.
Under each heading, comments regarding similar or related dissimilar aspects of other rights documents are made. In addition to these comments, related phrases in the United States Constitution are cross referenced as appropriate.
These comments and cross references are not exhaustive. Mostly they are to pique interest and help get you started.
You have both documents on line. You have leading comments. You have a powerful tool called The CONSTITUTION Notebook Program. Now get busy and perform the first and most essential step to preserving your rights: KNOW them!
[P1] Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Pre We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
[P2] Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have
Amd 1.1 an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
Amd 1.1 or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the
Amd 4.1 right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
Compare part [b] of the Preamble from the FBOR to the text preceding the first comma in this paragraph from the UDHR.
Note positive freedom, "freedom OF (emphasis added) speech and belief".
Note negative freedom "freedom FROM (emphasis added) fear and want".
Who proclaimed these as "the highest aspirations of the common people"? Refer to FDR's four freedoms speech, January, 1941.
Amd 2.1 the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Absence of rebellion is one definition of peace, a stated aim of this document. Lawful protection of human rights is proposed as a necessary condition to prevent rebellion. If the history surrounding the Declaration of Independence is any indication, it might work.
[P4] Whereas it is essential to promote the development of
Art 1 Sec 8.11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and
Art 1 Sec 10.3 , keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace,
Art 1 Sec 10.3 foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded,
Art 2 Sec 2.2 of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of
Art 3 Sec 2.1 of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be
Art 3 Sec 3.1 consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering
Art 6.2 Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be
Amd 5.1 in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor
The Declaration of Independence asserted the colonists' right (or power) to declare war and conclude peace. The Constitution of the United States provided for both. The UDHR here emphasizes peace.
[P5] Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the
Pre We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
Pre , promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of
Pre Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
Art 1 Sec 8.1 common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but
Amd 14 Sec 1.1 within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
Contrast "We the People" in the US Constitution to "the peoples of the United Nations" herein.
The peoples' FAITH in rights alluded to here deserves some attention.
The answer to each of these questions clearly being no, rights definitely fall in the category of things unseen. Truly, they must be believed in. Whether or not having faith in rights can ever make them real, if they are not believed in, that will surely prevent them from ever becoming real.
Dignity was mentioned previously in [P1]. Worth of the human person (compare "member of the human family") is added here, along with the idea of gender neutrality. How gender neutral is the United States Constitution? See the 19th amendment.
Amd 14 Sec 1.1 within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
Compare "universal respect" to the comments made under [P1].
Note reference to "Member States" in this paragraph of the UDHR sets it apart from the other rights documents included with the TCN program in that each of the others pertained only to the country of its origin. No intent of cooperation by other countries is explicitly expressed in any of them.
Compare "common understanding" in this part of the UDHR Preamble to the phrase "constantly present to all members of the body politic" in part [d] of the Preamble to the FBOR.
[P8] Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Amd 14 Sec 1.1 to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
[a] Now, therefore,
[b] as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations,
[c] to the end that every individual and every organ of society,
[d] keeping this Declaration constantly in mind,
[e] shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms
[f] and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance,
[g] both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
The 93 words and 9 punctuation marks of this one-sentence paragraph are broken into 7 parts for discussion here. Each part starts on a new line preceded by a blank line. A lower case letter in brackets (not part of original text) is used to identify each part for reference herein.
[a] Standard lead in text for proclamation. Identifies The General Assembly as origin of proclamation. Asserts that UDHR (this document) is their instrument to accomplish their aims.
[b] The "common standard of achievement" mentioned in this part appears to be an attempt to establish an objective standard by which to measure the "social progress" aspired to in Preamble part [5]. The authors have attempted (and quite possibly succeeded) to arrive at a standard that can apply to "all peoples and nations"
[c] This part states the objective of involving "every individual and every organ of society" in the effort to achieve the as yet unstated aims of the UDHR.
Compare to the Preamble of the FBOR. Part [d] in it states a desire to include all members of the body politic (UDHR here, every individual . . . of society). Part [e] of the FBOR Preamble states a desire to include "every political institution" (UDHR here, every organ of society).
[d] Interjection in stream of thought. Compare to phrases from the Preamble of the FBOR. Part [d] "constantly present", remind . . . unceasingly".
Just a thought here. What about "wrongs?" There are loads of places that talk about freedom and rights. But wrongs aren't described clearly. They might be said to be the opposite of rights, or the attempted nullification of rights by some person or some group, but they aren't explained clearly.
Without a declaration of WRONGS, all this stuff about freedom and rights is almost useless. The most it can be is a good beginning. Why? Because everybody exercises his/her rights constantly in all the ways that they can. But what is keeping people from exercising their rights that they CAN'T exercise? An act of God? And act of nature? Acts of other human beings? Maybe it's WRONGS that hold back rights.
Without a comprehensive description of WRONGS, this document is tricking readers into handing authority over to group of people who will use it to exercise the WRONGS that they have left out of the document. What they are attempting to do is make their exercise of WRONGS into a right for themselves, but for nobody else.
It won't work, of course. But there will be a lot of strife and pain and loss of life until people overthrow them if they succeed in coming to power.
Great Declaration (Proclamation). It is nothing but an extremely well-written, clever attempt, (and no doubt, a very successful one, at that) by Central Bankers (Rockefellers) to fool the idealists, "progressives", liberals, or leftists, among us. Most of whom know little to nothing, about real world economics, or politics, or history. To get them on board (brain-washed) for the eventual roll-out of their NWO, like all the little kids singing the Obama "Hope & Change" song. Of course, most Republicans are equally ignorant about economics, politics, and history. Dear God, please save America from the UN.