Wilson's 14 Points Speech

The promotion of human rights in the period between the end of World War I and the end of War World II grew by leaps and bounds. The brutal treatment of man against man created such a robust uprising by civilized society. There were many atrocities in both of the Wars with the most prevalent one being the holocaust. However, just the shear amount of fatalities and torture to prisoners were atrocities themselves. At the end of World War l, the Paris Peace Conference took place beginning December 13th 1918. Even before this, President Woodrow Wilson gave his Fourteen points speech to Congress on January 8, 1918. When it was time for the peace conference, everyone had already heard the speech and glorified the man that gave it. In Korea, the students there were told to memorize the speech over and over again. Everyone believed that the speech was about and for them, which

In addition to his 14 points, he also had the great idea for the League of Nations. He wanted to unite the nations to create peace throughout the world. Although Wilson’s plans were hopeful and optimistic, the League of Nations did not follow through with its lofty expectations. Even Wilson’s own United States did not even join. However, The League of Nations did promote something good as it was a precursor to what would become the United Nations. The United Nations were formed after World War II mainly to prevent another horrific bloodbath as had occurred in both of the World Wars. One of the first actions of the United Nations General Assembly was to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This Declaration consists of 30 articles that showed what was acceptable and what was unacceptable as it relates to the “dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family”. For example article five states that "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or