International Human Rights Day

December 10, 2013 is International Human Rights Day.  This day is observed to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.  The year 2013 marks 20 years since the creation of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Vienna World Conference of Human Rights.  Accordingly, this year's theme is "20 Years Working For Your Rights."  For more information on this year's commemoration of International Human Rights Day, see the UN's Human Rights Day webpage.  The UN site also provides a timeline of achievements in human rights that have occurred in the last 20 years. To learn more about the origins and history of Human Rights Day, information is available here from the Library of Congress.

Please also take a moment to visit the Law Library's current display which features materials from our collection concerning international human rights, including the 2nd edition of Professor Jo Pasqualucci's book, The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2012).