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OHCHR 2013 Human Rights Day event

Human Rights Day 2013 has special significance in this 20th anniversary year of the establishment of the mandate of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Human Rights Day continues the celebration of the anniversary with 20 YEARS: WORKING FOR YOUR RIGHTS as its theme but with the emphasis on the future and identifying the challenges that lie ahead.

The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.

For their Human Rights Day activities this year, organisers may also choose to include one or more of the human rights achievements of the past two decades.

Published: November 22, 2013

When: Thursday, 5. December 2013
To: Thursday, 5. December 2013
Where: Geneva
More info: www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/OHCHR20_Backup/Pages/HRDay2013.aspx

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