72 . The Court first of all recalls that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The Court notes further that even though the Declaration is one of the prime human rights instruments whose objective is to protect the rights of individuals , it is not ratified by States. 73. The Court recognizes however that although the Declaration is not a treaty that should be ratified by States for it to enter into force, it has attained the status of customary international law and a grundnorm. 1 It represents the universal recognition that basic rights and fundamental freedoms are inherent to all human beings, inalienable and equally applicable to everyone, and that everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights.2 It was proclaimed as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, and over the years, has inspired the development of human rights instruments at national, regional and global levels. One such instrument is the Charter. Article 60 of the Charter empowers the Court to "draw inspiration from international law on human and peoples' rights, particularly from the provisions of various African instruments on human and peoples' rights, the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of the Organizatio t-Afr" an Unity, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ... ". 1 Jorge E Sanchez-Cordero Grossmann, "Promoting human rights as an International policy for world peace", Mexican Law Review, Number 2 January - June 2009 2www un.org/en/documents/udhr/hr law.shtml 24