I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

This December 10, 2008, marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by 48 countries — almost the entire membership of the U.N. at the time. The UDHR ...

This year, the theme is 'Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials' Human Rights Day 2025: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948 ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define what ...

Not a Privilege, according to Dr S K Saamy, Chairman of World Human Rights Commission and Rescue Centre (WHRC) and a Supreme ...

By Kaylee Rawlins, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights ...

We must recognise the basics. If clean air is essential, it implies duty to reduce our carbon footprint. If human dignity is essential, it implies duty to treat those weaker than us with respect.

Human Rights Day 2025 will be marked on 10 December, marking the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948. This year, Human Rights Day 2025 is being ...

Human Rights Day is observed annually on 10 December. On that date in 1948, the declaration was signed, laying out for the first time in 30 sections – or articles – a framework on fundamental human ...

“Human rights are not abstract principles locked inside international conventions — they live and breathe in the everyday ...

Human rights work generally represents the opposite end of the spectrum—long-term, often hazardous work of unclear efficacy, with infrequent but often momentous victories. It is a complement of direct ...

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard ...