It was born with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights (UDHR), the first document in history to set out fundamental human

rights. Together with two international covenants, it now forms the

International Bill of Human Rights. Since the UDHR was adopted in 1948, it has

inspired a series of legally binding international human rights treaties,

declarations and other instruments, all underpinning and guiding UN Human

Rights’ activities today. So, International human rights law provides the

foundation for the work of UN Human Rights and the mechanisms it supports.