Del’s Dozen Critical Moments in the History of Human Rights
539 B.C.: The Cyrus Cylinder - the first statement on human rights.
27 BC: Roman Empire and Natural Law - established the idea of rights that you are born with.
1215 AD: The Magna Carta—gave people new rights and made the king subject to the law.
1628 AD: The Petition of Right—set out the rights of the people.
1689 AD: British Bill of Rights - gave people power over the King & Queen of England.
1776 AD: The United States Declaration of Independence—proclaimed the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
1789 AD: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen—a document of France, stating that all citizens are equal under the law.
1791 AD: U.S Bill of Rights - established rights for white men in the United States.
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact - a peace document between Britain and India
1945 Establishment of the UN - the foundation of the collective international body of governance.
1947 India & Pakistan win Independence from Britain - Colonized win freedom from the colonizer
1948 AD: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—the first document listing the 30 rights to which everyone is entitled.
(https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/background-of-human-rights.html)
1960 "The Year of Africa" - https://sites.google.com/d/1r43kybvIdh7Km5J_IIGTeHIrUUobUEIm/p/1avJvcZGVQEcsT6EvTRzQkB9ACjpsYyaf/edit?pli=1