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Article: The measurement and structure of human rights attitudes.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Social Psychology
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
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The concept of human rights as rights of the individual is a relatively new concept within the history of humankind, having been first articulated during the demise of feudalism, when the breaking of the bond between the individual and the land allowed for the possibility of individual freedom (Vasak, 1982). Today, the concept of individual human rights is a familiar one that has been codified into numerous documents such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and the European Convention for Human Rights. Perhaps the best known human rights document is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Drawn up in 1946 by the ...
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