#Human Rights Day

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Happy international human rights day!

Unless you're Muslim. Or brown. Or black. Or Arab.

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Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is observed on 21 March in South Africa. This day commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre which occurred in 1960, where South African Police shot & murdered black protestors.

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On today’s Human Rights Day, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)! Make sure to have a look at The Human Rights 75 Toolkit by the United Nations Human Rights Office to find out what you can do to stand up for human rights! 

Video Clip by the United Nations Human Rights Office

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How to participate to the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UDHR?

To Participate

Make your voice heard by participating in the two-day hybrid high-level event in Geneva.

Spread the word by adding your photo on social media.

Participate in OHCHR’s Human Rights 75 Film Tour.

Express your preference for the human rights declaration article that most clearly reflects your priority for the future.

Help us push leaders to take action and mobilize a global movement by joining our social media campaign and #Act4RightsNow, #HumanRights75. Communication assets are available on OHCHR’s dedicated Trello Board, which includes posters, photo filters, virtual exhibit and other materials.

Get inspired through OHCHR’s HR75 countdown and discover the stories of those who fought for human rights throughout history until today.

Find more ideas in the Human Rights Day toolkit.

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Human Rights Day

Today, the 21st of March, is Human Rights Day, a public holiday in South Africa commemorates the events in Sharpville, Gauteng in 1960.

South Africa may be most well known internationally for the racist, oppressive regime known as Apartheid, which can be simplified to a system of governance that sought to dehumanise non-white residents of South Africa while strongly benefitting the white minority. The “pass laws” refer to various acts of the parliament of the Apartheid government to the effect of restricting the freedom of black people within South Africa. The end-goal was to treat African black South Africans as migrants within metropolitan areas, requiring a pass (known as a “dompas”) in order to enter these areas - otherwise, they were required to stay within the land designated for them, known as “homelands” or “bantustans”. It is important to note that while these laws were enacted by the Afrikaaner apartheid government, the history of oppression within South Africa is a long and complicated one, and the British occupation before the Apartheid regime in part helped sow the seeds for what followed. In fact, in 1952, the ‘Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents Act’ was passed, which consolidated a number of pre-existed laws, and which abolished passes and replaced it with a “reference book” - a rename that fooled no one.

No woman is fooled by the "Reference Book." We know that this is the same as a pass. If a woman is found without this book or if all the papers inside are not in order, she will be pushed into the Kwela-Kwela and taken to gaol. Her children will be left motherless.

TO PAY 3/6 FOR THIS ''REFERENCE BOOK'' IS TO BUY SLAVERY

In 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), fueled by anger at an increasingly oppresive regime, called on African men to leave their dompas at home and turn up at their nearest police station, giving themselves up peacefully for arrest. What started as a peaceful demonstration was escalated to violence, in particularly in the town of Sharpville, Gauteng, where police opened fire on unarmed civillians, killing 69 protestors and injuring a further 180, many of whom were shot whilst fleeing. This tragedy is now known as the Sharpville massacre, and helped expose the deliberate violence and human rights violations against black South Africans that were committed by the Apartheid regime.

The Constitutional Assembly of the first democratically elected government of South Africa first adopted the new Bill of Rights on 8 May 1996. The government declared 21 March, Human Rights Day, to commemorate and honour those who have fought and died for our liberation and for the rights we enjoy today. The Bill of Rights is enshrined within the constitution of the democratic Republic of South Africa, meaning that it requires a 2/3 majority for any changes to it, making it difficult for anyone, including the government, to revise these rights. Among others, this include:

Equality- Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law. The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth. No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds.

Human dignity- Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.

Life - Everyone has the right to life.

Slavery, servitude and forced labour - No one may be subjected to slavery, servitude or forced labour

Freedom of expression -Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes

freedom of the press and other media;

freedom of artistic creativity;

academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.

The right does not extend to—

propaganda for war

incitement of imminent violence

advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and that constitutes incitement to cause harm.

Assembly, demonstration, picket and petition - Everyone has the right, peacefully and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket and to present petitions.

Freedom of movement and residence - Everyone has the right to freedom of movement

Language and culture - Everyone has the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of their choice, but no one exercising these rights may do so in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights.

sources in the comments.

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Canada's unintentional irony

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The March

No, she whispers.

After the policemen have left -- she catches her breath and pulls herself up from the floor, leans against the wall on unsteady legs, staggers out through the door where the women of the village come out to help her, support her as she limps along the track, kicking up dust, and together with the children, they straggle through parched fields where farm hands down tools to walk beside them, along the highway with its melting black tarmac and litter of cars abandoned by drivers who stride out next to them as they head for the city, and the people pour from the shops and office and factories, in other cities, too, and towns and villages, distant countries and faraway continents, they all emerge to join her, to walk alongside her, as she marches on, head high, back straight, one foot planted firmly in front of the other.

No, she had whispered and the whole world shouted. This stops now.

-- Brian Bilston, Day Like These

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Today is Human Rights Day (Diwrnod Hawliau Dynol). I was nearly 3 when S28 was lifted & 13 when equal marriage was introduced. In 10 years equality improved. 10 years later, they stall. Esp. for trans people like me. Trans rights must be enshrined in law before 10 more yrs pass.

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Friendly reminder this Human Rights Day that the US is a hypocrite and continues to be one of the worst human rights abusers around the world and at home - if they make a fuss about other countries’ human rights records (whether legitimate or not), they’re more likely than not deflecting from their own crimes against the populace

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December 10 International Animal Rights Day Dewey Decimal System Day Nobel Prize Day Human Rights Day International Shareware Day

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Love is a human right - Human Rights Day

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“There can be no peace without development, no development without peace, and no lasting peace or sustainable development without respect for human rights and the rule of law.” – Jan Eliasson

Happy Human Rights Day! Discover 9 things to do on this special day & beyond and learn how to stand up for human rights! 

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Amnesty International USA’s post

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Happy Human Day 2022

When a man's rights are threatened, it means that every man's rights are diminished and therefore we all have to defend him. Happy Human Rights Day!