International Human Rights’ Day being observed today
- December 13, 2015, 8:04 pm
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"Our Rights, Our Freedoms Always":
HQ City Report
QUETTA: The International Human Rights’ Day is being observed today (Thursday) all over the country as elsewhere in the world.
The theme of the day for the year 2015 is "Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always.", which aims to promote and raise awareness of the two Covenants on their 50th anniversary.
Various events have been arranged to mark the day by different organizations and the political parties.
A similarly event is being organized by the Balochistan National Party (BNP) at the Press Club.
Needless to mention here is that the Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on December 10.
It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The formal inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting all States and interested organizations to adopt 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day.
When the General Assembly adopted the Declaration, with 48 states in favor and eight abstentions, it was proclaimed as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations", towards which individuals and societies should "strive by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance".
Although the Declaration with its broad range of political, civil, social, cultural and economic rights is not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights. Today the general consent of all United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights laid down in the Declaration makes it even stronger and emphasizes the relevance of Human Rights in our daily lives.
