Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10, the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all. The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We have to defend our own rights and those of others. We can take steps in our daily lives to uphold the rights that protect us all and thus foster loving relationships among all human beings.
In December 1948, UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to place the Universal Declaration at the centre of all its action, to promote it worldwide through education and the media.