“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”   — Eleanor Roosevelt

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   Read the illustrated version of the Declaration of Human Rignts.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70.  Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity.  Read more….