Unlock The Power Of Human Rights: How Business Leaders Can Make An Impact

Trish Joy Duggan is the founder of Imagine Museum , an accomplished artist, and a dedicated philanthropist. Getty The United Nations (UN) drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 75 years ago in response to the atrocities of World War II. In pursuit of global peace, security and cooperation, the UN set these international standards to guide how we should treat each other as human beings. The 30 articles of the UDHR define our fundamental rights and freedoms: dignity; liberty; equality; the right to life and prohibition of slavery; individual rights in society; and spiritual, political, economic and cultural freedoms. We have yet to live those ideals to the fullest. From sexual harassment and poor race relations to voter suppression and extrajudicial killings , even the U.S. falls short in turning these lofty standards into widespread reality. Why? Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the declaration’s primary architects, wrote that human rights must begin close to home, which is “the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works.” Educating individuals on these concepts can be a daunting task, and no one group is assigned […]

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