Human Rights Day 2020: Recover Better Stand Up For Human Rights Thursday, December 10, 2020
Each year on Dec. 10, the United Nations and world community commemorates International Human Rights Day. Begun in 1948, this is the date the United Nations formally adopted the Universal Declaration of Rights. For the great community of nations from around the world, the Declaration of Rights enshrines the set of principles and beliefs that all members of the human family should be afforded by virtue of their basic humanity. The opening lines of the Declaration affirms, 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 ; and, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom