Human Rights Day, 2021 • It is observed every year on Decembe | LBSNAA : OUR DREAM IAS
Human Rights Day, 2021
• It is observed every year on December 10 to honour the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
• It signifies the absolute rights to which all human beings are entitled, irrespective of any race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth or another status.
• This year’s Human Rights Day theme is “Equality, Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.”
About Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council comprises 47 elected United Nations Member States, which are empowered to prevent inequality, abuses and discrimination, protect the most vulnerable, and punish the perpetrators of human rights violations.
National Human Rights Commission, India
The National Human Rights Commission of India defines human rights as provided under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993, as “Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international covenants and enforceable by courts in India”.
