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[[File:HR-1948.jpg|400x200px|framed|left|UN General Assembly, 1948]] | [[File:HR-1948.jpg|400x200px|framed|left|UN General Assembly, 1948]] | ||
− | Throughout the year a number of important conventions were adopted by various | + | Throughout the year a number of important conventions were adopted by various international organisations, recognising the rights of marginalized, exploited and persecuted groups and affirming the universality of [[Human Rights]]. |
In April, in Bogota, Columbia, The Organization of American States adopted the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: a document that pre-empted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by eight months. | In April, in Bogota, Columbia, The Organization of American States adopted the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: a document that pre-empted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by eight months. |