#2. The Court first of all recalls that the Universal Human Declaration of Rights is a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The Court notes further that even though the Declaration is one of the prime human rights instruments whose objective is to protect the rights of individuals, it is not ratified by States. 73. The Court recognizes however that although the Declaration is not a treaty that should be ratified by States for it to enter into force, it has attained the status of customary international law and a grundnorm.' It represents the universal fundamental freedoms recognition that basic rights and are inherent to all human and equally applicable to everyone, and equal in dignity and beings, and that everyone rights.” It was proclaimed inalienable is born free as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, and over the years, has inspired the development of human national, regional Charter. Article and 60 global of the Charter inspiration from international particularly from the human and peoples' levels. rights, Charter of the Organizatio such empowers law provisions One on human of various the Charter rights instruments at instrument the and African of the Court is the to “draw peoples’ rights, instruments United Nations, on the frican Unity, the Universal Declaration ; ) . of Human Rights, ...”. Sanchez-Cordero Grossmann, “Promoting human - June 2009 rights as an *www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/hr_law.shtml oy international policy for world Ze 24 ae —_— P <t ‘Jorge E. peace”, Mexican Law Review, Number 2_ January - E37,