60th Anniversary of the Declaration

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was marked globally on Wednesday 10 December 2008

As the national body responsible for promoting a human rights culture in Great Britain, the Commission was host to a number of events to mark these significant anniversaries.

Our overall aim was to promote the message that human rights are for everyone in our society. We wanted to mark the 60th anniversary of the Declaration by challenging misconceptions of human rights and by encouraging the British public to understand and celebrate human rights and the values which underpin them, namely fairness, dignity and respect.

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