International Human Rights Day
December 10, 2008 is the 60th Anniversary of International Human Rights Day to be celebrated at the Downtown Public Library Auditorium. This historic day is dedicated to human rights education throughout the world.
The Metro Human Relations Commission, joined by many organizations throughout the Nashville community, will celebrate this day acknowledging the work of human rights advocates and professionals, and rewarding the work of youth engaged in human rights education.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. It was the first document to articulate universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also was the first espousing universal principles to be adopted by an international hof the United Nations, the UDHR is the foundation of international human rights law. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is recognized internationally as the driving force behind the declaration.
UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura stated that “Human rights education is indispensable for every individual to fully enjoy and claim a life of security and dignity. It is indispensable for public officials to give effect to human rights commitments by the State. Finally, it is indispensable for the entire society to develop and nurture a human rights culture as a prerequisite of harmonious and peaceful development.”
For more information about the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights please follow the links listed below.
- UNDHR Logo
- America.gov
- History
- UN 30 Articles
- UN Rights of the Child
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60