Concept    From 1948 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Categories: Social Welfare

Document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted it and our image shows her holding the Spanish language version. 

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Human Rights tree

Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...

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Notting Hill Group Ministry

Notting Hill Group Ministry

The Guardian obituary for Rev. Norwyn Denny gives "The Methodist minister the Rev Norwyn Denny, who has died aged 85, was a pioneer of the modern urban mission in Britain. His work in Notting Hill,...

Group, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Anti-Slavery Society

Anti-Slavery Society

First founded in Britain in 1823 as the 'Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions'. When slavery was abolished in British dominions the Society w...

Group, Race Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Westminster Union Workhouse / St James Workhouse

Westminster Union Workhouse / St James Workhouse

The parish of St James Piccadilly erected a workhouse on Poland Street in 1725 for the able-bodied poor. This was taken over by the newly-formed Westminster Union in 1868. The workhouse closed in o...

Place, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Margaret Ethel MacDonald

Margaret Ethel MacDonald

Feminist and social reformer. Daughter of John & Margaret Gladstone. Born 17 Pembridge Square, her mother dying soon after. Brought up to do good works, she became a socialist, joined the Labou...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Mr John Carr

Mr John Carr

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial