The term human rights probably came into use sometime between Paine's The Rights of Man and ................ 1831 writings in The Liberator, in which he stated that he was trying to enlist his readers in "the great cause of human rights".

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• Pursuant to Article 63, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights came into effect on October 21, .............., in honour of which October 21 was declared African Human Rights Day.
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• In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law.
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• The Human Rights Act 1998 (also known as the Act or the HRA) came into force in the United Kingdom in October...............
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• The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in ................ with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights.
• The Geneva Conventions came into being between 1864 and 1949 as a result of efforts by ..............., the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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