December 10, 2018
Human Rights Day
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which turns 70 this year, was adopted by the United Nations on 10 December 1948. The Declaration consists of 30 articles affirming an individual's rights which, although not legally binding in themselves, have been elaborated in subsequent international treaties, economic transfers, regional human rights instruments, national constitutions, and other laws. The Declaration was the first step in the process of formulating the International Bill of Human Rights, which was completed in 1966, and came into force in 1976.
A milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently 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. It is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all. The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We need to stand up for our own rights and those of others. We can act in our own daily lives, to uphold the rights that protect us all and thereby promote the kinship of all human beings.
United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/
Canadian Human Rights Commission
https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng
PIPSC Pocket Guide on Human Rights
http://www.pipsc.ca/labour-relations/stewards/pocket-guides/pocket-guide-human-rights
PIPSC 2018 Human Rights and Diversity Committee
Email chrd-cdpd@pipsc.ca