ELEANOR ROOSEVELT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS "the destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities."... Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt was already a member of the U.N.s commission on Human Rights when the delegates voted her in as Chairperson. On December 10, 1948, after three years and thousands of hours of debates among the members, the men and women of the 46 nations of the U.N.s General Assembly adopted The Universal Declaration For Human Rights. Thirty Articles were assembled in the declaration to bring attention to the basic rights and freedoms of every human being in every country on our planet to promote dignity, fairness, peace, justice and equality. Many attempts have been made to bring about a universal adherence to basic human rights as far back as our Early civilization. An eyeopening timeline has been created to display the ongoing struggle for human rights that includes The Magna Carta, U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Emanc...