10th December: Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): a milestone document proclaiming the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Human rights are our basic rights or freedoms. They include our right to live, our right to health, education, freedom of speech and thoughts, and equal rights. Some groups organize protests on Human Rights Day to alert people of circumstances in parts of the world where human rights are not recognized or respected, or where these rights are not considered to be important.

Stand Up 4 Human Rights

• Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day
• Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values
• Equality, justice, and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace
• Whenever and wherever humanity’s values are abandoned, we all are at greater risk
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all
• We need to stand up for our rights and those of others

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

2020 Human Rights Day Theme: Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights

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