It is now 60 years since the signing of the universal declaration of human rights, proclaiming: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.
Translated into more than 360 languages and incorporated into many national laws, the document condemns discrimination, slavery, torture and arbitrary arrest.
But, six decades on, many of those principles are under threat around the world.
Al Jazeera’s Rosie Garthwaite’s report contains images that may disturb or offend some viewers.