The complete Portuguese text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ratified by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. This declaration, which was famously championed by Eleanor Roosevelt, proclaims that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” It enjoins U.N. member states to “strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective reco