Justice

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• Protection of Minorities

  As conflicts within countries become increasingly prevalent throughout the world, the international community is awakening to the critical need to address the question of minorities. Because every country has minorities of some sort, governments are realizing that the potential for instability may be more widespread than previously imagined. More >

• A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights

  The source of human rights is the endowment of qualities, virtues and powers which God has bestowed upon mankind without discrimination of sex, race, creed or nation. To fulfill the possibilities of this divine endowment is the purpose of human existence. More >

• Turning Point For All Nations

  The 20th Century, one of the most tumultuous periods in human history, has been marked by numerous upheavals, revolutions and radical departures from the past. Ranging from the collapse of the colonial system and the great nineteenth century empires to the rise and fall of broad and disastrous experiments with totalitarianism, fascism and communism, some of these upheavals have been extremely destructive, involving the deaths of millions, the eradication of old lifestyles and traditions, and the collapse of time-honored institutions. 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

  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 >

• Building a Spiritual Civilization

  Selections from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh on spiritual civilization. More >

• The Civilizing of Human Character

  Selections from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh on nature of human character. More >

• Abolishing the Extremes of Poverty and Wealth

  The unity of humankind foreseen by Bahá'u'lláh is unity based on justice. One of the most striking examples of injustice in the world today is the grave imbalance in economic and material conditions. A relatively small percentage of humankind has immense wealth, while the majority of the world's population lives in dire poverty and misery. More >