eleanor roosevelt universal declaration of human rights in spanish, 1949 in 1948, general assembly adopted universal declaration of human rights, drafted committee headed franklin d. roosevelt s widow, eleanor, , including french lawyer rené cassin. document proclaims basic civil, political, , economic rights common human beings, though effectiveness towards achieving these ends has been disputed since drafting. declaration serves common standard of achievement peoples , nations rather legally binding document, has become basis of 2 binding treaties, 1966 international covenant on civil , political rights , international covenant on economic, social , cultural rights. in practice, un unable take significant action against human rights abuses without security council resolution, though substantial work in investigating , reporting abuses. in 1979, general assembly adopted convention on elimination of forms of discrimination against women, followed convention on rights of child in 1989...