On 10 th December 2008, the 60 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the UN Secretary-General launched a campaign for a year to focus on helping people everywhere to make them learn about their rights. According to the general consent today, all the United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights laid down in declaration which makes it stronger and emphasizes the importance of Human Rights in our daily lives. The Declaration is not a binding document which includes the number of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights but, it inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which together make a standard of human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day date is from 1950 after the resolution 423(V) was passed in the Assembly by inviting all the states and interested organizations to adopt every year 10 th December Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is a day when in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Under the UN General Call for Stand Up for Human Rights, all are committed to involving the public, our allies and the UN family in order to endorse transformative initiatives and to provide realistic and inspiring examples that can enable better recovery and encourage more resilient and equal communities. Read more about it here: world’s most translated document Women and girls, indigenous people, people of African ancestry, LGBTI people, migrants and those with disabilities are just some of the groups that have suffered from deep-rooted forms of discrimination.ĭid you know that the world’s most translated document is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? With the UN’s Shared Framework on Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Nondiscrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN’s approach to equality are in sync. The theme for this year’s Human Rights Day is “Equality,” as stated in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Human rights are founded on the principle of non-discrimination and equality for all individuals. This year the theme of Human Rights Day 2021 is – EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities advancing human rights

On the 10th of December every five years two prizes are awarded the United Nations Prize in the field of Human Rights and Nobel Prize. This day is marked by different political conferences, meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues.

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