4. Debate: International Human Rights Day

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 12 December 2018.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 2:27, 12 December 2018

—both British and Conservative in origin. It was advocated by Winston Churchill and drafted by former Conservative Home Secretary, David Maxwell Fyfe. Well, in the seventieth year since its adoption, the UN declaration on human rights remains a powerful statement of hope and aspiration for us all. There's been great progress since 1948, but it's a dangerous world and there's still much more to do.