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UDHR 1948 was adopted by the UN GA on:Read the answer and worked solution →UDHR Article 3 protects:Read the answer and worked solution →UDHR Article 5 prohibits:Read the answer and worked solution →ICESCR Article 12 recognises the right to:Read the answer and worked solution →Match UN treaty to yearRead the answer and worked solution →Match Constitutional articleRead the answer and worked solution →Match Indian caseRead the answer and worked solution →Match international bodyRead the answer and worked solution →True or False — FoundationsRead the answer and worked solution →True or False — Indian human rightsRead the answer and worked solution →True or False — DoctrinesRead the answer and worked solution →True or False — TreatiesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort: Derogable vs Non-derogable rights (ICCPR)Read the answer and worked solution →Sort: Civil/political vs Economic/social/cultural rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Sort: NHRC powers vs limitationsRead the answer and worked solution →Tap order — Vishaka guidelines to lawRead the answer and worked solution →Tap order — NHRC complaint processRead the answer and worked solution →Tap order — Bringing case before HRC (ICCPR OP1)Read the answer and worked solution →Odd one out — UN HR treatiesRead the answer and worked solution →Odd one out — Indian HR statutesRead the answer and worked solution →Timeline — International HR instrumentsRead the answer and worked solution →Timeline — Indian HR jurisprudenceRead the answer and worked solution →Gap-fill — UDHR Article 1Read the answer and worked solution →Gap-fill — ICCPR Article 6Read the answer and worked solution →

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UDHR 1948 was adopted by the UN GA on:

  1. 10 December 1948 by GA Res 217(III)
  2. 1 January 1942 (cf. UDHR 1948; GA Res 217(III))
  3. 26 June 1945 (cf. UDHR 1948; GA Res 217(III))
  4. 16 December 1966 (cf. UDHR 1948; GA Res 217(III))
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Correct answer: A. 10 December 1948 by GA Res 217(III)

1. UDHR adopted by GA Resolution 217(III) on 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris. 2. 48 in favour; 8 abstentions (Soviet bloc, South Africa, Saudi Arabia); none against. 3. 10 December — Human Rights Day. 4. UDHR is non-binding but widely seen as customary international law. 5. Hence option B is correct. _Source: UDHR 1948 / ICCPR 1966 / ICESCR 1966 / CAT 1984 / CEDAW 1979 / CRC 1989 / PHRA 1993 / Constitution Part III — UDHR 1948; GA Res 217(III)_

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UDHR Article 3 protects:

  1. only property rights (cf. UDHR Article 3)
  2. only the right to vote (cf. UDHR Article 3)
  3. the right to life, liberty and security of person
  4. only freedom of religion (cf. UDHR Article 3)
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Correct answer: C. the right to life, liberty and security of person

1. UDHR Article 3: 'Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.' 2. This is the threshold civil right — foundational for all rights. 3. Echoed in ICCPR Article 6 (right to life) and Article 9 (right to liberty and security). 4. Hence option B is correct. _Source: UDHR 1948 / ICCPR 1966 / ICESCR 1966 / CAT 1984 / CEDAW 1979 / CRC 1989 / PHRA 1993 / Constitution Part III — UDHR Article 3_

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UDHR Article 5 prohibits:

  1. the death penalty in all cases (cf. UDHR Article 5)
  2. economic activities of any kind (cf. UDHR Article 5)
  3. the practice of any religion (cf. UDHR Article 5)
  4. TORTURE or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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Correct answer: D. TORTURE or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

1. UDHR Article 5: 'No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.' 2. This prohibition is NON-DEROGABLE — applicable in all circumstances. 3. Mirrored in ICCPR Article 7 and Convention Against Torture 1984. 4. Recognised as a jus cogens norm of international law. 5. Hence option B is correct. _Source: UDHR 1948 / ICCPR 1966 / ICESCR 1966 / CAT 1984 / CEDAW 1979 / CRC 1989 / PHRA 1993 / Constitution Part III — UDHR Article 5_

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