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Cuba made the first draft in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Skagerlind, Evelina LU (2019) MRSG31 20191
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
With this research I have answered the twofold question of how Cuba played a part in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and what differences and similarities that can be found between the Cuban draft of Human Rights versus the final product of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since there is no previous research in this field I have chosen to look at some of the most renowned historians in the area of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the history of Cuba to find some context for my research. By systematically going through and picking out the most relevant meeting documents of the UN, I found that Cuba was first when it came to making a suggestion for human rights to be a part of the first... (More)
With this research I have answered the twofold question of how Cuba played a part in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and what differences and similarities that can be found between the Cuban draft of Human Rights versus the final product of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since there is no previous research in this field I have chosen to look at some of the most renowned historians in the area of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the history of Cuba to find some context for my research. By systematically going through and picking out the most relevant meeting documents of the UN, I found that Cuba was first when it came to making a suggestion for human rights to be a part of the first session of the first part of the General Assembly, they were also first to make a draft of Human Rights. I have then made a content analysis to analyze the differences and similarities of the Cuban draft and the declaration. Using Martha Nussbaum's list of ten capabilities to structure the rights of the documents, I have found that there are more similarities than differences between the two. The conclusion is that I believe that Cuba played a big part in the making of the
declaration, but they did not get any acknowledgement in the history of the
declaration. (Less)
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author
Skagerlind, Evelina LU
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organization
alternative title
How Cuba played a part in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
course
MRSG31 20191
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, Cuban draft on Human Rights, The Economic and Social Council, The Nuclear Commission on Human Rights, History, Cuba, Ernesto Dihigo, Martha Nussbaum, Eleanor Roosevelt
language
English
id
8990236
date added to LUP
2019-08-19 13:49:05
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2019-08-19 13:49:05
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  abstract     = {{With this research I have answered the twofold question of how Cuba played a part in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and what differences and similarities that can be found between the Cuban draft of Human Rights versus the final product of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since there is no previous research in this field I have chosen to look at some of the most renowned historians in the area of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the history of Cuba to find some context for my research. By systematically going through and picking out the most relevant meeting documents of the UN, I found that Cuba was first when it came to making a suggestion for human rights to be a part of the first session of the first part of the General Assembly, they were also first to make a draft of Human Rights. I have then made a content analysis to analyze the differences and similarities of the Cuban draft and the declaration. Using Martha Nussbaum's list of ten capabilities to structure the rights of the documents, I have found that there are more similarities than differences between the two. The conclusion is that I believe that Cuba played a big part in the making of the
declaration, but they did not get any acknowledgement in the history of the
declaration.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Cuba made the first draft in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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