Every year, International Human Rights Day is celebrated on December 10, the theme for 2019 is Youth Standing Up for Human Rights.
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International Human Rights Day is observed on December 10 annually. The main aim behind celebrating this day is to improve the physical, social, cultural and spiritual well being and welfare of the vulnerable group of people globally.
Human Rights Day 2019: History and significance
On this day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. However, on December 4, 1950, the United Nations General Assembly invited all its member states and other interested organisations to formally establish the Human Rights Day. Since then every year the member states of the United Nations and other countries observe December 10 as the 'Human Rights Day'.
In 1993, an autonomous public body, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India, was established for the protection and promotion of human rights, which works on rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of an individual.
UDHR is regarded as one of the world's most profound and far-reaching international agreements. It is an inalienable right which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth or belong from other status.
Human Rights Day 2019: Theme
According to the official website of the United Nations, today is the 71st anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the theme of Human Rights Day 2019 is Youth Standing Up for Human Rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."
On this Human Rights Day, here are some popular quotes which you can use in conferences, debates, meetings and cultural events to discuss the human rights violations.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2019: QUOTES
"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened." -John F. Kennedy
"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -Frederick Douglass
"A right delayed is a right denied." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity." - Nelson Mandela
"Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." -Martin Luther King Jr.
"There can be no peace without development, no development without peace, and no lasting peace or sustainable development without respect for human rights and the rule of law." - Former UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." -United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -Elie Wiesel
