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Human Rights Day - Dec 10th
Posted Date: 10 Dec 2007 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Mala Member Level: Diamond
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Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.
The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global enunciation of human rights. The commemoration was established in 1950, when the General Assembly invited all states and interested organisations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.
The day is a high point in the calendar of UN headquarters in New York City, United States, and is normally marked by both high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues. In addition, it is traditionally on 10 December that the five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights are awarded.
Many governmental and nongovernmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule special events to commemorate the day. The theme of the day for 2006 is the fight against poverty as a human rights issue. Several statements were released on that occasion, including the one issued by 37 United Nations Special Procedures mandate holders
Human Rights Day is marked by many civil society organisations.
Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is.
By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime...Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.
List of human rights
Not everyone agrees on what the basic human rights are. Here is a list of some of the most recognized ones:
· Right to live, exist.
· To work for anyone (not be a slave)
· To own property
· Speech
· Security
· Safety from violence
· Protection from the law
· Not being arrested unless there is reason to think someone has committed a crime
· Having a fair trial
· To be seen as innocent, even if a person is arrested, until the person is found to be guilty by a fair court
· To be a citizen of a country
· To vote
· To seek asylum if a country treats you badly
· To think freely
· To believe and practice the religion a person wants
· To peacefully protest (speak against) a government or group
· To a basic standard of living (food, shelter, clothing, etc.)
· Education
· Health care (medical care)
· That any adults of full age, no matter race nor religion, can marry.
Human rights abuses
Abuse means to hurt someone very badly. Human rights abuses happen when people are hurt in a way that violates (goes against) his human rights. Human rights abuses are also often called human rights violations.
Examples of human rights abuses or violations are:
· Putting a person in jail because they said that the government is doing bad things
· Taking a person's home because they are from a different country
· Not letting someone who is a citizen of a country vote because he or she is has the "wrong" kind of attribute as mentioned on top of article.
· Violence toward someone because they have a (any) - or a different one to the one of the abuser – religion..
Many people, groups, and countries think protecting human rights is very important. But not everyone in the world believes in human rights. If these people have political power they can hurt many people. Even if these people have no political power, they can be violent to other people. There are many people who work to protect everyone's human rights; some of these are government groups, and some are not with any government. They are sometimes called Human Rights Organizations
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