Know the Purpose and theme of HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 10 December
Celebration Date: December 10 every year
Established: By the United Nations in 1950
Significance: Commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
First Observed: 1950
YEAR-WISE THEMES / MOTTOS
2025: “Act for Human Rights”
2024: “Reimagine Equality: Advancing Human Rights for All”
2023: “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All”
2022: “Equality: Reducing Inequalities, Realizing Rights”
2021: “Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights”
2020: “Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights”
2019: “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”
2018: “Celebrating the Right to Freedom of Expression”
2017: “Stand Up for Human Rights”
2016: “Stand Up for Human Rights”
2015: “Human Rights 365”
2014: “Human Rights 365”
2013: “My Voice Counts”
2012: “My Voice Counts”
2011: “Together, Stand Up for Human Rights”
2010: “Human Rights – Stand Up, Speak Out”
2009: “Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR”
2008: “60 Years of Human Rights”
2007: “The Rights of Women and Girls”
2006: “Dignity for All”
2005: “Human Rights – Make It Real”
2004: “Human Rights: Making Rights Real”
