What was remarkable about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

A. It established a code of allowable war tactics when UN intervention had failed.
B. It provided an internationally binding code of civil rights.
C. It allowed citizens to hold their governments accountable for human rights violations.
D. It established a court for the trials of Nazi war criminals.
E. It set fundamental guidelines for treatment of prisoners of war.


Answer: C

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