Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17 ... appointed Eleanor as a delegate to the United Nations. She also served as the U.S. representative to the U.N. Commission on Human ...

Opening speakers Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Human Rights ... Great Granddaughter of Eleanor Roosevelt and Chair of the Board of Directors at the Eleanor ...

Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights – that was the message on Thursday at an event honouring the legacy of ...

Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights - that was the message on Thursday at an event honouring the legacy of ...

In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the trailblazing women activists and politicians who paved the way in ...

461: St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies this day in 461, according to legend; his feast day is now celebrated widely ...

In the years following her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt served as American ambassador to the United Nations and chair of its Human Rights Commission, helping to write the Universal Declaration ...

By 1965, in his cautionary speech before the United Nations ... set in motion the research that produced two atom bombs; Eleanor Roosevelt, the diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration ...

This was my fourth visit since my appointment by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ... Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the ...

The juxtaposition of the current president, who is actively dismantling Roosevelt’s programs and admits disdain for the principles of late First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was not lost last weekend ...