Today, Friday, 10th December 2021 marks international Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948.
The theme of Human Rights Day 2021 is “Reducing inequalities and Advancing human rights.”
The 2021 Commemoration marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The Centre for Conflict and Human Rights and Peace Studies (CHRAPS), University of Education Winneba will mark International Human Rights Day.
In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims rights that everyone is entitled to, as a human being, regardless of their race, colour, religion, sex, language, political, national, origin and birth.
The Declaration is the most translated document in the world which is available in more than 500 languages. Human rights are at the heart of Sustainable Development Goals which means in the absence of human dignity, we cannot hope to drive sustainable development.
The UN believes that December 10 is an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of human rights in re-building the world we want to live in, the need for global solidarity as well as our interconnectedness and shared humanity.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
