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In December 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first document to lay out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for all individuals. However, this CSS analysis contends that the UDHR’s 70th anniversary will take place at a time of growing, systematic global disregard for such rights. Further, this trend is not only threatening the international community’s human rights achievements but also creating serious implications for security policy. This publication looks at why this is the case and what this all means for Switzerland’s priorities.