The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that codifies rights and freedoms belonging to all human beings. It was drafted by a United Nations committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted as General Assembly Resolution 217 on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. Of the 58 member states of the United Nations at the time, 48 voted in favor, none voted against, eight abstained, and two did not vote.
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