UDHR and Animal Farm
Is Universal declaration of Human Rights really universal? Or is it just like George Orwell’s one of the seven commandments in the Animal Farm on how some animals are more equal than the others? Last month while attending one of the panel discussions with the delegates and guest speakers under the track of Humanitarian Affairs (HPAIRxSYD), I came across a question that changed my perspective of seeing things. The question which triggered me was if UDHR really is universal. UDHR or Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the human rights declaration published in 1948 and is a soft law accepted(but might not be applied) by every countries of the world, except for North Korea (for obvious reasons). This question was brought in the panel discussion and I remember specifically how one of the acclaimed speaker said that like how time changes, the human rights change too. He also gave example how computer and technology is a fundamental universal human right at present. But is it reall...