The United Nations formed a commission after World War II to draft a document outlining fundamental human rights. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the commission which included 18 members from various countries. Rene Cassin, a French lawyer and former diplomat, was the primary author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948 and outlined 30 basic rights for all humans. It was the first international document to recognize broad and fundamental human rights that should be universally protected.