Hansa Mehta

  • Dennis Francis, the president of UNGA, honoured Hansa Mehta on International Day for Women in Diplomacy (24 June) for her pivotal role in revising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to be more inclusive.
  • She was a part of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Indian Constitution, a member of its Advisory Committee and sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights.
  • She was the only other female delegate, apart from Eleanor Roosevelt to the United Nations Commission on Human ....
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