In 1948 the united nations laid out 30 basic human rights its statement said that just by virtue of being human every person is entitled to freedom a fair government a decent standard of living work play and education freedom to come and go as we please and to associate with anyone we please and the right to express ourselves freely. Human rights are equal and inalienable rights of any person inherent due to the sole reason that he or she is human a un committee headed by eleanor roosevelt drafted the document that defined and universally granted the basic rights to all human beings terming them the equal and inalienable rights of every human being. According to the un every human just by virtue of being human is entitled to freedom a fair government a decent standard of living work play and education freedom to come and go as we please and to associate with anyone we please and the right to express ourselves freely. We have 30 basic human rights according to the universal declaration of human rights created by the united nations in 1948 to provide a global understanding of how to treat individuals before i became national youth spokesperson for youth for human rights internationals canadian chapter in 2005 at the age of 16 i had no idea what my human rights were and even though the document has