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145 matches to Human Rights
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Buisson, Ferdinand. 1841-1932. French educator. Founded League of Human Rights 1898.
Europe, Council of. 1949-. To protect common heritage, human rights and harmonize legislation by replacing bilateral treaties.
Helsinki Accords. 1975. Human rights, freedom, co-operation. Reduced East-West tensions.
Helsinki Group. 1976. Soviet dissidents who monitor human rights aspect of Helsinki Accord. Orlov. Shscharansky.
Human Rights. Agreed natural rights for all mankind. Stoics. Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789. Bill of Rights 1791. Buisson. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Amnesty International.
Kyi, Aung San Suu. 1945-. Burmese. Leader of nonviolent movement for human rights in Myanmar. House arrest 1989-95.
Sakharov, Andrei. 1921-89. Soviet physicist, human rights activist. Hydrogen bomb. Formed Committee for Human Rights 1970.
United Nations. UN. 1945. Charter signed by 50 nations at San Francisco. To safeguard world peace and protect human rights. Most countries members now. 15 agencies for education, relief. Trusteeship .
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948. United Nations list of rights to be accorded people by their governments. Rejected by USSR, China, Poland, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, many Moslem countries. Signed by Russia, 1996.
Adoptionism. 8C Christian heresy. Christ was born human, became divine after baptism.
Amyot, Jacques. 1513-93. French humanist and Plutarch translator.
Anthroposophy. Human power to contact spiritual world. Steiner.
Apollinarianism. 4C Christian heresy. Jesus not truly human because of his divine nature.
Ascham, Roger. 1515-68. English humanist, author.
Barnard, Christian. 1922-2001. South African surgeon-first human heart transplant 1967.
Budé, Guillaume. 1467-1540. Humanist, Greek scholar. Founded Collège de France.
Cambridge Platonists. 17C. Tried to synthesize Plato and Christianity. Christian Humanists.
Carter, Jimmy. 1924-. US President 1977-81. Camp David Talks. Habitat for Humanity.
Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. English popular humanitarian writer and social critic. Created original, colorful memorable characters. Pickwick Papers 1837. Oliver Twist 1838. Christmas Carol 1843. David Copperfield 1850. Great Expectations 1861.
Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.
Dualism, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.
Empiricism. Philosophy maintaining that all valid human knowledge is gained from experience.
Erasmus, Desiderius. c1466-1536. Dutch Humanist ecclesiastic reform writer. Published first New Testament based on Greek, 1516. Reason over ignorance and superstition. Opposed Luther. Praise of Folly. Enchiridion: Christ requires of us nothing but a pure and sincere life.
Ethics. Study of what is good human conduct.