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Universal Declaration of Human Rights Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The UDHR was drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the UN Human Rights Commission that wrote the UDHR, adopted in 1948.

2.

The UDHR includes the right to paid holidays and periodic rest.

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Article 24 explicitly guarantees 'the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.'

3.

The UDHR is a legally binding treaty under international law.

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It's a non-binding UN General Assembly resolution, though many of its principles have become customary international law.

4.

The UDHR guarantees the right to own property only for citizens of the country.

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Article 17 states 'everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others,' with no citizenship restriction.

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The UDHR has been translated into over 500 languages, making it the most translated document.

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The Guinness World Record holder, the UDHR has been translated into 500+ languages, more than any other document.

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The UDHR was written in just six months by a single committee.

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The drafting committee completed the UDHR in under six months, from January to June 1948, a remarkably fast process.

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The UDHR originally included a right to asylum but not to seek asylum.

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Article 14 grants the right 'to seek and to enjoy asylum,' but the right to be granted asylum was intentionally omitted.

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Saudi Arabia was one of the eight nations that abstained from voting on the UDHR.

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Saudi Arabia, along with the USSR and others, abstained due to conflicts with Islamic law and state sovereignty.

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