How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?

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As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in...

As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in...

I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of...

I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of...

We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together,...

We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together,...

The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain...

The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain...

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland,...

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland,...

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage...

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage...

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly...

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly...

The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for...

The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for...

Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left...

Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left...

As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed...

As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed...

In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the...

In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the...

As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the...

As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the...

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and...

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and...

The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human...

The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human...