Name  /  Title HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Date-wise Events December 10
General
  • This date was chosen to honour 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.  
  • The five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Nobel Peace Prize are awarded on this very date traditionally.
  • Many governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule special events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause organisations.
  •  UDHR holds the world record as the most translated document (with more than 360 language versions available), organizations around the globe used the year 2008-09 to focus on helping people everywhere learn about their rights.  
  • In South Africa, Human Rights Day is celebrated on 21 March, in remembrance of the Sharpeville massacre which took place on 21 March 1960.
  • This massacre occurred as a result of protests against the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
  • Listed Human Rights:
    • We are all born free and equal.
      • No discrimination.
    • We have the right to life.
      • No slavery.
      • No torture.
    • We have rights no matter where we go.
    •  We are equal before the law.
    • Our human rights are protected by law.
    • No unfair detainment.
    • We have the right to trial.
    • We are always innocent till proved guilty.
    • We have the right to privacy.
    • We have the right to move.
    • We have the right to seek a safe place to live.
    • We have the right to have a nationality.
    • We have the right to marriage and family.
    • We have the right to have our own things.
    • We have the right to freedom of thought.
    • We have the right to freedom of expression.
    • We have the right to public assembly.
    • We have the right to democracy.
    • We have the right to security.
    • We also have workers' rights.
    • We have the right to play.
    • We have the right to food and shelter.
    • We have the right to education.
    • We have the right to copyright.
    • We have the right to free and fair world.
    • We have the right to responsibility.
    • No one can take away your rights.
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