Human Rights

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• News Stories about Human Rights

  News Stories from the Bahá'í World News Service about human rights. More >

• Statements on Human Rights

  Statements issued by the Bahá'í International Community United Nations' Office on the subject of human rights. More >

• Situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran

  Throughout the past century, the Bahá'ís of Iran have been persecuted. With the triumph of the Islamic revolution in 1979, this persecution has been systematized. More than 200 Bahá'ís have been executed or killed, hundreds more have been imprisoned, and tens of thousands have been deprived of jobs, pensions, businesses, and educational opportunities. More >

• The Human Rights Discourse: A Bahá'í Perspective

  In 1912, in anticipation of an awakening aspiration of the world's peoples, `Abdu'l-Bahá, the head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 to 1921, envisioned the approach of the day when "there shall be an equality of rights and prerogatives for all mankind." Tragically, the first substantive steps toward the realization of this vision occurred only after two global conflagrations had produced levels of death and suffering never before experienced in human history. More >

• Human Rights Education Activities

  One of the particular features of the United States Constitution is that all international treaties must be ratified by a two-thirds majority of the US Senate—a legislative body composed of two representatives from each of this country's 50 states. This makes it sometimes difficult for even the most deserving of pacts to win approval, even if it has widespread support among lawmakers. More >

• A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Rights and Obligations

  This statement was presented by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada to the first session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in February, 1947 at Lake Success, New York, U.S.A. More >

• Human Rights

  Over the five decades since the United Nations was founded, there has emerged a growing understanding that the recognition and protection of human rights at the international level plays a fundamental role in the promotion of peace, democracy, social progress and economic prosperity. More >