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Events - December 2002

December 10: Human Rights Day

All states and organizations that work on themes dealing with human rights are invited next 10 December to commemorate Human Rights Day (Resolution 423 of the United Nations) which, since 1950, honours the Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948.

To find out more about the relationship between human rights and sustainable human development, read this political document of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

To study the implications of the right to food as a basic human right, please read the document entitled "The Right to Food in Theory and Practice" published by the FAO.

To go to the multimedia site of the United Nations on Human Rights Day, please click here.