Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007

Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007

This year, the theme for Human Rights Day is the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One portion of the website is dedicated to how various groups can celebrate the event. sgwatchDOG reproduces the part for civil society.

For Civil Society

• Organize campaigns to promote human rights in your region.
• Produce a compilation of real-life stories of people who are working to realize their human rights.
• Encourage local, national or regional media/journalists’ associations to organize a competition for the best published article/s on human rights throughout the year.
• Hold seminars and/or speaking events that focus on issues such as the universality of human rights, their relevance in different religions, or the role of religious communities in the promotion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Host a film screening and discussion or coordinate a film festival highlighting one or several human rights.
• Arrange a poetry reading evening with locals reading their own poetry relating to human rights, as well as featuring readings of well-known poets’ writings on human rights.
• Ask local artists to create a piece on human rights and organize an exhibit to show the work.
• Organize a human rights stand at international/national/local book fairs to disseminate materials on human rights.
• Organize an SMS/text message campaign encouraging people to read and know the Universal Declaration.