The Rights of the Child in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): The History of Creation and the Role of the Ukrainian SSR in that Process

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 is one of the main documents, which laid a foundation for all other international documents on human rights, including child’s rights. The paper will explore the contribution of the Ukrainian SSR to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 as they relate to child’s rights.This article is especially relevant, considering the Russia-Ukraine war and the fact that Russia propagates that Ukraine is not a subject of international relations and the state in the meaning of international law and never was. However, our analysis proves, that Ukraine, even being one of the union republics of the USSR, acted as an independent subject of international law to a certain extent. Ukraine is a charter member of the UN from inception and, as such, took part in the drafting process along with other countries’ representatives. Features of this activity by the Ukrainian SSR during the drafting process of the Declaration will be revealed. The paper concludes with a statement about the active participation of the Ukrainian SSR in the drafting of provisions concerning the right to life, the existence of rights and freedoms regardless of any distinctions, the right to education, and religious education.