On 3rd December I presented an assembly at a school on the theme of Amnesty International as it was coming up to Human Rights Day . I asked the students, about 200 in all, if anybody had heard of Human Rights Day, in the same way as they had heard of Christmas Day, or for that matter World Aids Day, all also in December. None of the students seemed to have heard of Human Rights Day - sadly this did not surprise me.
In 1998, when it was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 1948, it was noted that the UDHR and Human Rights Day as part of it, is the 'world's best kept secret'.
Hopefully that can change over time. But when you look at how human rights are abused across the world, shouldn't every day be Human Rights Day?
Peter Sagar
In 1998, when it was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 1948, it was noted that the UDHR and Human Rights Day as part of it, is the 'world's best kept secret'.
Hopefully that can change over time. But when you look at how human rights are abused across the world, shouldn't every day be Human Rights Day?
Peter Sagar
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