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Thursday, December 10, 2009

World Human Rights Day

Today World Human Rights Day is celebrated around the world. The focus for this year is the fight to end discrimination.

"Our main objective is to help promote discrimination-free societies and a world of equal treatment for all," says the High Commissioner who this year will mark Human Rights Day in South Africa.

It was on this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Every year on 10th December, Human Rights Day marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights with its central theme: "All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms". Since its adoption in 1948, the Declaration has been and continues to be a source of inspiration for national and international efforts to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights emphasises the rights to life, liberty, and security of person; to freedom from arbitrary arrest; to a fair trial; to be presumed innocent until proved guilty; to freedom from interference with the privacy of one's home and correspondence; to freedom of movement and residence; to asylum, nationality, and ownership of property; to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion, and ex-pression; to association, peaceful assembly, and participation in government; to social security, work, rest, and a standard of living adequate for health and well-being; to education; and to participation in the social life of one's community.

Posted By: Beth Provo @ 1:15:12 PM

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