Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed by the
international community every year on 10 December. It
commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly
adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The formal
inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the
Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting all States and
interested organizations to adopt 10 December of each year as
Human Rights Day. When the General Assembly adopted the
Declaration, with 48 states in favor and eight abstentions, it
was proclaimed as a "common standard of achievement for all
peoples and all nations", towards which individuals and
societies should "strive by progressive measures, national and
international, to secure their universal and effective
recognition and observance". Although the Declaration with its
broad range of political, civil, social, cultural and economic
rights is not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human
rights instruments which together constitute an international
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