Common Ground: Human Rights It’s been 75 years since the United Nations approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an effort led by Eleanor Roosevelt in the belief that world peace can only be achieved through the honoring the human rights of every individual. Amy Bracewell, Superintendent of Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, and Van Buren National Historic Sites, and William Harris, Director of the FDR Presidential Library talk about this great accomplishment from Val-Kill, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt.