Human Rights Day 2020

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

Human Rights Day is celebrated to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948.

The Declaration recognizes that the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of mankind are the foundation of justice, freedom and peace in the world.

2020 Theme: Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights.

Since its inception on the 12th October, 1993, the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) has endeavoured to promote a culture of human rights.

The NHRC, like most of the human rights institutions in the world, is a recommendatory body as per the Protection of Human Rights Act passed by Parliament.