Bangladesh, March 22 -- Before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the UN General Assembly Session in 1948, the prevalence of people unaware of their basic rights was almost global. Even after the adoption of the document by the UN member-nations, the number of people without clear idea about their rights has been depressingly low --- especially in the less advanced nations. Even for many educated people in these nations, the issue of human rights comprises mere rhetoric; and if not so, in the guise of these rights the left-leaning activists make attempts to earn recognition for the mass causes. Few popular beliefs can be more banal and wrongly interpreted.
But there has also been a different aspect. Through ages, ...