2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It's time for a global conversation about human rights and the values that unite us as one human family. But it can also be a time when each of us chooses to take human rights into our daily lives, by joining a powerful people network.

In the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Elders, with many organizations around the world, joined to launch the Every Human Has Rights campaign.

We urge you to embrace the values and goals of the Declaration. To protect the rights of your fellow global villagers. And encourage others to do the same in your communities, workplaces and schools.


Featured Campaign News

Announcing the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards

19/07/08

30 journalists from around the world will be selected by a professional international jury and awarded an all expenses paid trip to Paris in December 2008, where they will meet Human Rights leaders and receive a prize for their contribution to illustrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with powerful and eye-opening stories.

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Elders join HungerFREE demanding action

19/07/08

Elders join HungerFREE to demand urgent action on global food crisis Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson and other Elders joined forces with ActionAid’s HungerFREE campaign last night to continue the fight against the global food crisis...

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Freedom from Hunger - Aerial Art

16/07/08

As the Every Human Has Rights campaign spends July focused on 'The Right to Freedom from Hunger', we have the privilege of reporting on a collaboration between two of our campaign partners that resulted in one of the most beautiful calls to action on the global food crisis we've seen to date.

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Make Your Personal Declaration

Sign Your Personal Declaration

Make your pledge personal

I choose to sign this declaration because:

I wish to take responsibility for upholding the goals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in my daily life and in my community. I will do my best to speak out to protect the freedom and rights of others in my community.

I affirm the following principle: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”

I believe Every Human Has Rights.


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Campaign Themes

Each month leading up to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the campaign partners will highlight a specific area of the rights contained in Universal Declaration; teaching you about its roots, where it stands today, and how you can get more involved.

This month’s theme, The Right to Freedom from Hunger, is in partnership with ActionAid


Living the Universal Declaration

Featured Story

Otto Saki

Since organizing a boycott while following the death of a student protester, Otto Saki has defended human rights in Zimbabwe...

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"I believe Every Human Has Rights"

Here's one example of turning belief into action.

You can tell your story on the The WITNESS Hub