Last Saturday was the UN’s observance of Human Rights Day. 10th December commemorates the day in 1948 when UNGA adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - a milestone document the like of which had never been seen before. The UDHR still underpins much of the way the international law is structured, how governments expect each other to set policy and provides a useful starting point for the way that every person in the world can see how they should be treated and indeed how they should behave in a global context. It is an agreement that sets out the rights that every human has.
The theme in 2022 is Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All to mark a year of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Declaration. Since its inception more and more people around the world have found discrimination against them reduced. There is still some way to go and so the year will also particularly celebrate the activism which underpins translating the 30 Articles into real laws, policies and mindsets in every corner of the world.
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