e American (1776) and French (1789) Revolutions would play prominent roles in the development of human rights. Both created documents, the U.S Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which would change the manner in which ruling parties and their subjects interacted. Both declarations promoted the concept of equality and the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Age of Enlightenment (essentially the eighteenth century) produced many human rights-advocating philosophers, such as Paine, Hume, Rousseau, and Thoreau (who was probably the first to use the term "human rights" in his Civil Disobedience). By the nineteenth century, the ideas created by these monumental events and contributions manifested themselves in the mass undertakings to abolish human bondage institutions like serfdom and slavery. However, many of these successes (ex. work of Gandhi and Dr. King) were countered by the formation of baseless racist philosophies (racial classification and superiority of German anthropologist Johann F. Blumenbach), tyrannical dictators and suppressive policies (Romanian Nicolae Ceausescu), oppressive systems (South African apartheid) and police states and horrid acts of genocide (Nazi Germany). Some of these blemishes, and perhaps more importantly, allowing and accepting their development, culminated in the senseless and heart-wrenching Jewish Holocaust, out of which was born the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). To discourage, deter, eradicate, and punish violations of human rights, the world community created this document. Because there continue to be egregious violations of human rights, the non-binding nature of international law and the implications of globalization, the prominence and protection of human rights are vital for establishing cooperation and enduring peace.
             There are many NGO's that protect human rights worldwide, they include: Action Without Borders, Ameri...