The Human Rights Day theme of 2019 is: “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”. The universal call to action “Stand Up for Human Rights”, aims to celebrate the potential of youth as agents of change to strengthen their voices and engage the global audience to promote the protection of rights for a better future. This years campaign led by OHCHR is designed to encourage youth worlwide to stand up for rights and stand against racism, hate speech, bullying, discrimination, and climate change, and many other significant issues.
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on the 10th of December since the General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This day was a breakthrough proclaiming rights that everyone is “inhererenty entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, bith or other stastus” (UDHR). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is available in more than 500 languages, officially the most translated document in the world.
Youth participation the fundamental principle of human rights and is essential in achieving sustainable development worldwide. Young people are seeking participation opportunities to make decisions which have a direct and indirect impact on children's wellbeing. Their voices must be heard to help develop more effective decisions in achieving sustainable development for all. Our youth play a crucial role in promoting positive change and new ideas, while driving major transformations in the political, economical and social sector.
It is our duty to empower our youth, so they have a greater awareness of their rights. this will ultimately reap benefits for all people around the world. Young people are often marginalized and encounter many difficulties exercising their rights due to many factors such as age.
The Human Rights are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGss). It drives the progress of all SDGs, and the SDGs drive the advancement of human rights. Everything is interconnected.
Quick facts to encourage youth participation in honour of Human Rights day 2019:
*You are NEVER too young to change the world. We are honoured to have so many examples of brave youth participants in this generation.
*Youth participation is essential to achieve sustainable development for all
*Youth can play a crucial role in positive change
*Empowering youth to better know and claim their rights will generate benefits globally
*Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day
*Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values (Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace)
*Whenever and wherever humanity's values are abandoned, we all are at greater risk.
*The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all
*We need to stand up for our rights and those of others
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