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THE 1948 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPRESENTED A FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE TO THE SUPPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BY SOVEREIGN STATES, BUT ITS APPLICATION WAS FRUSTRATED BY THE COLD WAR. TODAY, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION REMAINS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS, BUT A GROWING OPPOSITION TO IT IS STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THIS TREND IS BEING OFFSET BY SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING CORPORATE OPPOSITION TO STRONG HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION, WHICH IS IMPEDING THE MOVEMENT TO HOLD ABUSIVE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTS.