Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world on December 10 every year. It marks the day that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. It focuses on the fundamental rights and freedoms that people globally are entitled to simply by virtue of being humans. It celebrates and advocates for rights that cut across the distinctions of nationality, gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, or any other status.
Why is Human Rights Day celebrated?
It is celebrated with the aim of making people aware of their rights. It also includes the right to health, economic, social, and education. These are those fundamental natural rights from which human beings cannot be deprived or oppressed on the basis of race, caste, nationality, religion, gender, etc.
History
It was formally instituted in 1950 after the UNGA passed resolution 423 (V). Under the resolution, the Assembly had invited all states (members and non-members) and interested organizations to observe this day to celebrate the proclamation of the UDHR and exert increasing efforts in this field of human progress. Over the past decade, it has taken up topics such as discrimination, diversity, education, freedom, poverty, torture, and equality.
Human rights in India:
The Human Rights Act came into force in India on 28 September 1993. After which the government constituted the National Human Rights Commission on October 12, 1993. The Commission also works in political, economic, social, and cultural fields. Like wages, HIV AIDS, health, child marriage, and women’s rights. The work of the Commission is to make more and more people aware.
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