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Human Rights Day
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Where it comes from
Human Rights Day marks 10 December 1948, when the UN General Assembly, meeting in Paris, proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be…
How it's celebrated
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the High Commissioner coordinate the day, with events, talks and campaigns around the world. The UN shares videos of people reading the Declaration in more than 80 languages, and many people read it for themselves.
Did you know
The Declaration has been translated into more than 500 languages.
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Also on this day
- Nobel Prize Day · Honouring the best of human effort.
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