The Theme of the 2018 Human
Rights Day was ‘Let's stand up for
equality, justice and human dignity’.
This year, Human Rights Day
marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a
document that proclaimed the rights which everyone is essentially entitled to
as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, national
or social origin, property, or birth.
The Declaration was adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948 as a common
standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.
• It was drafted by
representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions
of the world.
• The Universal Declaration is
the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500
languages.
The first Human Rights Day was
celebrated in 1950.
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