The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights - A British Sign Language Translation

As far as we know this landmark translation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) into British Sign Language (BSL) is the first translation of the Preamble and all 30 Articles of the UDHR into BSL by Deaf people for Deaf people.

The translation is presented by Tessa Padden and Nicholas Padden and it has been sponsored and produced by Signworld. Signworld is a website specialising in user-centred and online BSL Learning and they have produced this translation as their contribution to Anniversary—an act of memory, solo, collective and multi-lingual recitations from memory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,a performance series in 60 Acts by Monica Ross and Co-Recitors 2008-2013.

To date the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is translated into more than 400 spoken languages on the UN website
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/In...
We are very pleased to present and share this translation into British Sign Language.

To find out more about Signworld please visit http://www.signworldlearn.com
To find out more about Anniversary—an act of memory please visit
http://www.actsofmemory /    / actofmemory  

IN March 2013 this translation was accepted for inclusion on the United Nations website as the first Sign Language translation of the UDHR alongside 400+ translations of spoken languages:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/UD...