Legal Nature of Udhr
The Declaration also laid the groundwork for a plethora of other legally binding human rights treaties and became a clear reference for universal human rights standards that must be promoted and protected in all countries. Eleanor Roosevelt supported the adoption of the text as a declaration rather than a treaty, as she believed it would have the same impact on global society as the United States Declaration of Independence in the United States. [64] Although not legally binding, the Declaration has been incorporated or influenced in most national constitutions since 1948. It has also served as the basis for an increasing number of national laws, laws and international treaties, as well as a growing number of regional, subnational and national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights. The Universal Declaration is not a treaty, so it does not create direct legal obligations for countries. These include legal and political figures from many countries who have directly invoked the UDHR to influence or inspire their courts, constitutions or legal texts. Indian courts have ruled that the Indian Constitution “embodies most of the articles contained in the declaration.” [80] Countries as diverse as Antigua, Chad, Chile, Kazakhstan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Zimbabwe have derived constitutional and legal provisions from the Declaration. [78] In some cases, specific provisions of the UDHR are transposed into national law or transposed in some other way.