The date was chosen to honour theUnitedNations General
Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR), the first global
enunciation ofhuman rightsand one of the first major achievements of the
new United Nations.
The formal establishment of Human RightsDay occurred at the 317th Plenary Meetingof theGeneral Assemblyon 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423 (V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.[1][2]
The day is normally marked both by high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues.
The formal establishment of Human RightsDay occurred at the 317th Plenary Meetingof theGeneral Assemblyon 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423 (V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.[1][2]
The day is normally marked both by high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues.
In addition it is traditionally on 10 December that the
five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rightsand Nobel
Peace Prizeare awarded. Many governmentalandnon-governmental
organizationsactive in the human rights field also schedule special
events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause
organizations
