December Tenth Marks Human Rights Day

Observed annually around the world on December 10, Human Rights Day commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948, the Declaration states that fundamental human rights should be universally protected.

According to the United Nations' website, "This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being-regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, nat...