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Nov 21, 2005
I think I was 10 when I saw a copy of the UDHR for the first time. What I remember about that first encounter was the sense of self-evidence it carried for me already at 10 years of age. Parts of my family was Jewish, and I was raised on the stories of how my Grandfather fled to Sweden from Denmark during the WWII. The other half of the family spent their 'free time creating mischief' to subject the Germans to, as members of the Resistance.

The right to hold and express one's opinion without fear of repercussions was taken for granted in my home - so was choosing your religion. I have marched against Pinochet and Franco - marching for Nelson Mandela against apartheid was something natural.

So, if I have always found it natural to stand up for other people's Human Rights, why are there still people out there who don't agree with the UDHR? People from civilized and democratic countries who really think that not all people are created equal with equal inviolate rights?

What makes those people tick? How do they live with themselves? Why do they promote torture and degrading treatment of people solely on account of these people being in the wrong place at the wrong time?

United Nations Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

Shadow Bear Cubsaver/Dov Aryeh ben Avraham v'Sarah

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