Question 1

True or false: The UDHR was drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

True or false: The UDHR includes the right to paid holidays and periodic rest.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

True or false: The UDHR is a legally binding treaty under international law.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

True or false: The UDHR guarantees the right to own property only for citizens of the country.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

True or false: The UDHR was written in just six months by a single committee.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

True or false: The UDHR originally included a right to asylum but not to seek asylum.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

True or false: Saudi Arabia was one of the eight nations that abstained from voting on the UDHR.

Accepted Answer

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

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Trivia Questions