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 Ever since 1948, “International Human Rights Day” has been celebrated all
around the world. What meaning does it hold for the victims of human rights
violations, and what does it mean for the perpetrators of those violations?
Since the time when the UDHR was adopted, human rights violations have increased
in the world. As part of their propaganda machine, aggressive states claim that
the human rights situations in their countries have improved whereas in fact
they have deteriorated.
The shining Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR - represented a common
statement of goals and aspirations of the world. The UDHR, adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 articulated the strong desire for
peace in the aftermath of the Second World War. At that time there were only 58
member states in the United Nations and some refrained from voting in favour of
the UDHR.
Since then, many treaties, conventions and covenants have been developed to
safeguard peace, security and human rights around the world.
Today, the world is experiencing new dimensions of problems in the context of
human rights and terrorism. Opportunist states boldly categorise legitimate
opposition as terrorism, taking advantage of the present climate. Certain states
continue to carry out ethnic cleansing whilst impressing the world that they are
convinced of the need to look into the root cause of the problems!
The collective will of the International Community to fight all forms of
discrimination that people enjoy all economic, social, civil, political and
cultural rights at all times.
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MANITHAM'S HUMAN RIGHTS DAY,2003 EVENTS |
