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Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year.. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.
10 December, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration, is celebrated annually as World Human Rights Day or International Human Rights Day. The commemoration is observed by individuals, community and religious groups, human rights organizations, parliaments, governments, and the United Nations .
The 1997 Campaign was Demand Human Rights in the Home and the World, which was working towards the 1998 Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights. [12] The theme for the campaign in 1998 was Building a Culture of Respect for Human Rights. [13] The 1999 campaign theme was entitled Fulfilling the Promise of Freedom from Violence. [14]
A virtual celebration of International Human Rights Day takes place on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. Scroll for information on how to register to watch.
Dec. 13—Sunday, December 10, was National Human Rights Day, accepted worldwide after the Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the United Nations in 1948. The declaration meant that human ...
4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day [20] Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day; December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities [22] December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; December 10: Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week; December 15: Bill of Rights Day
The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — was awarded Thursday to environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian ...
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.