A presidential candidate promotes a "campaign platform" during the campaign, the goals of which generally transfer the goals into the "presidential agenda".
Respect for human rights has improved over time. Modeling the changing standard of accountability. The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, putting into place a collection of international treaties intended to limit repression and abuse around the globe.
The Protestant Reformation took place in the 16th century and was led mainly by Martin Luther. According to Luther, the Jews represented another challenge to Christian teachings, so he thought it was right to persecute Jews, as well as to set fire to their synagogues, to prohibit rabbis to teach about Judaism, to destroy Jews' homes, to sanction them economically and even to force them to do forced labor.