HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

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Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on 10 December. This date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the of the new United Nations.

The five-yearly Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Prize are awarded on this very date traditionally. Many governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause organisations.

UDHR holds the 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 .

In South Africa, Human Rights Day is celebrated on 21 March, in remembrance of the which took place on 21 March 1960. This massacre occurred as a result of protests against the in South Africa.