Abstract
Every December 10th, international lawyers, governments, and advocacy groups commemorate Human Rights Day. This marks the day in 1948 when, improbably, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in Paris by a nascent United Nations General Assembly under the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt. This year, as the Declaration turned 75, I found myself in Ukraine on that historic day, listening to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak about the importance of human rights as a legal bulwark against Russian aggression.