The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, was the first international treaty to expressly affirm universal respect for human rights. ███
Intro topic ·Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
First international treaty to expressly affirm universal respect for human rights.
UN Charter encouraged respect for human rights. Groups lobbied for provision creating legal obligation to act on behalf of human rights. This didn't happen, but UDHR was drafted.
Benefits of UDHR ·Led to legally binding conventions, sets standards
Passage Style
Single position
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
To understand the emphasis behind this phrase, let’s read the sentence immediately before. The UDHR has a weakness: it’s a nonbinding legal document. This suggests the phrase “purely programmatic” means something that doesn’t have legally binding effect. The UDHR may have strong language and high ideals, but it doesn’t actually provide legal compulsion to take action.
a
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This doesn’t capture the emphasis that the UDHR doesn’t legally bind countries to take action.
b
the ability of ███ ██████████ ████████ ██ █████████ ████████ ██████ ████ ████████ █████████
This doesn’t capture the emphasis that the UDHR doesn’t legally bind countries to take action. (B) would be better if it said the “failure” of the document to translate abstract ideals into concrete legal standards.
c
the compromises that ████ ████ █████████ █ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████
This doesn’t capture the emphasis that the UDHR doesn’t legally bind countries to take action. The author doesn’t suggest that there were compromises or that the compromises are important.
d
the fact that ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ██████████ █████████████
This best captures the emphasis that the UDHR doesn’t legally bind countries to take action. It’s unenforceable under the law.
This doesn’t capture the emphasis that the UDHR doesn’t legally bind countries to take action. It’s also not clear that the drafters experienced frustration or that there was stubborn resistance within the UN.
Difficulty
91% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%127
138
75%148
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Law
Single position
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
2%
154
b
3%
156
c
3%
159
d
91%
164
e
0%
147
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