Protecting Human Rights

The 74th International Human Rights Day was observed on Saturday with the slogan ‘Dignity, freedom and justice for all' across the world. The day is marked on December 10 every year coinciding with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The UDHR document proclaims human rights as the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Human rights are moral norms, values and principles that define and shape human behaviour and action, which must be protected by the states for the overall wellbeing of their citizens.