"Diplomats and rights activists have marked the 60th anniversary of the United Nations declaration of human rights that 'all human beings are born free and equal.'
But critics have questioned the effectiveness of the document, saying the UN's focus has shifted to other concerns - such as 'fighting terrorism' - and often at the cost of human rights.
Rights advocates list the suffering of Palestinians, atrocities committed in Sudan's Darfur region, the humanitarian disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the US human rights record following the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, as failures of the human dignity standard."
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