The foundations of this body of law are the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly in 1945 and 1948 respectively.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday ceasing U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council and banning funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define ...