Human Rights Day

By Maxine Lowy Slowly, the crowd moves forward one step and then another and then stands still, slowly turning counterclockwise, with the Pirámide de Mayo crowned by the Statue of Liberty on the left and the Casa Rosada in front,…

On 10 December, Human Rights Day (HRD) was celebrated all over the world, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris in 1948. This declaration was a very important historical milestone in…

We publish here the words of the humanist Dario Ergas on the occasion of the installation of a plaque in homage to Deputy Laura Rodríguez in the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park, which she helped to found in the years immediately…

December 10th is approaching and events are being prepared all over the world to demand the release of Julian Assange, to oppose his extradition to the United States and to denounce the extremely serious human rights violations he has suffered…

A new initiative for Julian Assange has been suggested by the Australian activists who organized a rally in front of the Prime Minister’s office in Sydney on October 15th: on December 10th , International Human Rights Day, we could gather…

by Dalia Chiu It’s not the first time I’ve crossed the gate of the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park. The afternoon is hot and the park is a cool oasis of native trees, cinnamon, patagua, araucaria and the old ombú, that…

“Human rights do not have the universal application that would be desirable because they do not flow from the universal power of the human being, but only from the power that one part now exercises over the whole. If even…

Human Wrongs Watch The universal reach of human rights should not be restricted to one day alone but extended to every day of the year, top United Nations officials declared on 10 December 2014 as they marked Human Rights Day…

On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which appears below. Following this historic act, the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize…

International Human Rights Day 2013 was jointly celebrated by diverse groups in Madurai, the administrative headquarters of the district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on the Sunday previous to its actual December 10 official date. Activities took…