2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It's time for a global conversation about human rights and the values that unite us as one human family. But it can also be a time when each of us chooses to take human rights into our daily lives, by joining a powerful people network.

In the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Elders, with many organizations around the world, joined to launch the Every Human Has Rights campaign.

We urge you to embrace the values and goals of the Declaration. To protect the rights of your fellow global villagers. And encourage others to do the same in your communities, workplaces and schools.


Featured Campaign News

Tell Your Story - the World Voices Project

8/08/08

While traveling the world in search of creative ways to express those connections a few years back, Brenda Ray discovered the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By combining her trade and her recent discovery with the human voice, she thought she could express our common humanity while raising awareness about human rights - and World Voices Project was born.

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Living up to our 'Responsibility to Protect' in Darfur

8/08/08
On the one-year anniversary of the UN resolution agreeing to make good on that obligation in the Darfur region of Sudan, authorizing a joint UN – African Union (UNAMID) force to support peacekeeping efforts, a report endorsed by 36 Human Rights groups calls the international community’s lack of contributions to the effort a “betrayal”.
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The Right to Decent Work - Dispatch from Liberia

3/08/08

"I’m just returning to our office in New York from a weeklong trip to Liberia and Ghana. The trip was in preparation for some events we are doing during our EHHR theme month in September on promoting the right to Decent Work.

This was my third visit to Liberia this year. Each time I visit I see progress. But I also see a country where people work very hard for very small returns..."

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Make Your Personal Declaration

Sign Your Personal Declaration

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I choose to sign this declaration because:

I wish to take responsibility for upholding the goals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in my daily life and in my community. I will do my best to speak out to protect the freedom and rights of others in my community.

I affirm the following principle: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”

I believe Every Human Has Rights.


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Campaign Themes

Each month leading up to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the campaign partners will highlight a specific area of the rights contained in Universal Declaration; teaching you about its roots, where it stands today, and how you can get more involved.

This month’s theme, The Right to Freedom from Hunger, is in partnership with ActionAid


Living the Universal Declaration

Featured Story

Otto Saki

Since organizing a boycott while following the death of a student protester, Otto Saki has defended human rights in Zimbabwe...

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"I believe Every Human Has Rights"

Here's one example of turning belief into action.

You can tell your story on the The WITNESS Hub