Learn more about the Every Human Has Rights campaign
Last December, The Elders joined with partner organizations around the world to launch the Every Human Has Rights campaign, celebrating an idea that took shape sixty years ago this December.
On December 10th, 1948, the newly formed United Nations adopted a universal declaration that transcended cultural and national boundaries. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights established a common standard for human achievement for all peoples and all nations; rooted in the values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect and shared responsibility.|
Our commitment to sentiments contained in the Universal Declaration is as important today as it was 60 years ago.
Our world remains marked by divisions and gripped by fear. Genocide is happening again. Poverty is trapping billions in lives of despair. Challenges like climate change, lack of access to health and shortage of decent employment opportunities confront us all. |
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Make your personal pledge by signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights today.
Our Campaign is coordinated in partnership with:
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ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty and injustice to create a world in which every person enjoys their right to a life with dignity.
ActionAid works with local partners to fight poverty and injustice in 42 countries, reaching over 13 million of the poorest and most vulnerable people over the last year alone, helping them fight for and gain their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. ActionAid’s work with national and international campaign networks also highlights the issues that affect poor people and influences the way governments and international institutions think. In July 2008 ActionAid joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on the Right to Food. Actionaid |
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Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone.
Amnesty works with its 2.2 million plus members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions to improve people’s lives through campaigning and international solidarity. Amnesty’s mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. Amnesty’s members and supporters exert influence on governments, political bodies, companies and intergovernmental groups, demanding that they respect the rule of law. Working with and for individuals the world over, Amnesty International campaigns at the global and local levels so that every person may enjoy all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In June 2008 Amnesty International joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on Freedom from Fear. Amnesty International |
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The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
CWGL's programs promote the leadership of women and advance feminist perspectives in policy-making processes in local, national and international arenas. Since 1990, CWGL has fostered women's leadership in the area of human rights through women's global leadership institutes, strategic planning activities, international mobilization campaigns, UN monitoring, global education endeavors, publications, and a resource center. CWGL works from a human rights perspective with an emphasis on violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and socio-economic well-being. In March 2008 CWGL joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on Women’s Rights. Center for Global Women's Leadership, Rutgers University |
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
A worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity. CIVICUS seeks to amplify the voices and opinions of ordinary people. It recognizes that for effective and sustainable civic participation to occur, citizens must enjoy rights of free association and be able to engage all sectors of society. CIVICUS |
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The Club of Madrid is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members – 70 democratic former heads of state and government. In partnership with other organizations and governments that share its democracy-promotion goals, the Club of Madrid provides peer to peer counsel, strategic support and technical advice to leaders and institutions working towards democratic transition and consolidation.
Thematic in nature, Club of Madrid global projects serve to address issues of worldwide importance. These projects inform debate, offer advice on ways forward, make specific expertise available globally, or advocate on behalf of democratic paths, principles and practices. In November 2008 the Club of Madrid joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on Freedom from Discrimination. Club of Madrid |
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GCAP is the world’s largest civil society movement calling for an end to poverty and inequality. It is a growing alliance of trade unions, community groups, faith groups, women and youth organisations, NGOs and other campaigners working together across more than 100 national platforms. GCAP demands solutions that address the issues of public accountability, just governance and the fulfillment of human rights; trade justice; a major increase in the quantity and quality of aid and financing for development; and debt cancellation. GCAP also affirms that gender equality must also be at the heart of eradicating poverty.
In October 2008 GCAP joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on Freedom from Want. Global Campaign Against Poverty |
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The Responsibility to Protect - known as R2P - refers to the obligation of states toward their populations and toward all populations at risk of genocide and other large-scale atrocities.
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, which will be officially launched on 14 February 2008, will serve as a catalyst for moving the responsibility to protect from principle to practice. The Centre will conduct, coordinate, and publish research on refining and applying the R2P concept. It will serve as an information clearing house and resource for governments, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations leading the fight against mass atrocities. In February 2008 GCR2P joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on the Responsibility to Protect. Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect |
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Internews Europe works to harness the power of media and information to help people hold their governments accountable, develop tolerant and prosperous communities, and to make sense of the driving forces affecting their lives.
Internews works closely with local organisations and the international community to ensure that the benefits of diverse, independent media and information systems are made available to the countries and communities most in need of them. Internews |
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Realizing Rights serves as a catalyst, convener and communicator for new ways to tackle global inequities through strategies which draw upon international human rights standards, commitments and processes. Cross-cutting principles underlying all of our work are to:
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Save the Children is the world’s largest independent organisation for children, making a difference to children’s lives in over 120 countries.
Save the Children works for a world which listens to, respects and values each child, and where all children have hope and opportunity. From emergency relief to long-term development, Save the Children helps children to achieve a happy, healthy and secure childhood. Save the Children secures and protects children’s rights – to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation. In April 2008 Save the Children joins with the Elders to ‘spread the word’ about the UDHR to new generations and constituencies, with a particular focus on Children’s Right to Health. Save the Children |
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UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
In August 2008 UNICEF joins with the Elders to encourage and support children and young people to make the UDHR a reality, focusing on Young People Realizing Rights. UNICEF |
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The Hub is the world's first participatory media site for human rights. Through the Hub, individuals, organizations, networks and groups around the world are able to bring their human rights stories and campaigns to global attention and to mobilize action to protect and promote human rights.
The Hub is a project of WITNESS, an international human rights organization that uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. WITNESS |
If your organisation would like to be a partner in the campaign, please contact us at everyhumanhasrights@theelders.org.
