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Popular Article: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Eleanor Roosevelt with the Spanish version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a foundational document of modern international human rights law. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, at Palais de Chaillot, Paris. The Declaration guarantees fundamental human rights such as freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and the rule of law, as well as the right to leave one's country, to receive an education, to participate in government, to work, and to a decent standard of living and health care. It also affirms that everyone shall be free from slavery, gender inequality, racial discrimination, and exploitation.

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-text='''Saint Thomas Aquinas''', (c. 1225 &ndash; March 7, 1274) was an Italian [[Roman Catholic]] priest in the [[Order of Preachers]] (more commonly known as the Dominican Order), a [[philosopher]] and [[theologian]] in the [[scholasticism|scholastic]] tradition, known as '''Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Universalis''' and '''Doctor Communis'''. He is the foremost classical proponent of [[natural theology]], and the father of the [[Thomistic]] school of philosophy and theology.
+text=The '''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''' (abbreviated '''UDHR''') is a foundational document of modern international human rights law. It was adopted by the [[United Nations]] General Assembly on December 10, 1948, at Palais de Chaillot, [[Paris]]. The Declaration guarantees fundamental human rights such as [[freedom of speech]], [[freedom of the press|press]], [[freedom of assembly|assembly]], [[freedom of religion|religion]], and the rule of [[law]], as well as the right to leave one's country, to receive an [[education]], to participate in [[government]], to work, and to a decent standard of living and [[health care]]. It also affirms that everyone shall be free from [[slavery]], gender inequality, [[racism|racial discrimination]], and exploitation.
-Saint Thomas Aquinas is held in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The work for which he is best-known is the ''[[Summa Theologica]].'' One of the 33 [[Doctor of the Church|Doctors of the Church]], he is considered by many Roman Catholics to be the Catholic Church's greatest theologian. Consequently, many [[Institutions named after Thomas Aquinas|institutions of learning]] have been named after him.
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