International Human Rights Day: All you need to know about the day adopted by UN General Assembly

Every year the world celebrates International Human Rights Day on December 10 to emphasize the significance of rights every individual in this world is entitled to irrespective of religion, language, sex, and caste. December 10 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as the Human Rights Day in 1948 through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The day is celebrated to build a better and fairer world. Human society as a whole faced severe problems during COVID-19 resulting in raised inequalities and deepened poverty. By celebrating this day the UN aims to make the world aware of such differences and issues and to come up with solutions against this discrimination affecting millions of people worldwide.

Laws to protect human rights

Special international and national laws have been devised to protect human rights. In India, there exists a separate framework protecting human rights.

Right to equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, and right to constitutional remedies.

• The right to equality makes sure that all the citizens of this nation enjoy equal rights. It also stops inequality based on religion, caste, place of birth, and gender.
• The right to freedom offers freedom of speech expression, and assembly without arms, movement across the country, freedom of practicing any profession, freedom of association, and freedom to live in any part of the country.
• The right against exploitation gives you the right to condemn forced and child labour, human trafficking , and also forcing a person to work without pay.
• The right to freedom of religion ensures that all religions are treated equally in India and every state is secular.
• The right to cultural and educational rights ensures that every citizen in the country irrespective of their cultural, linguistic, and religious differences can conserve their heritage and have an equal right to education.
• The right to constitutional remedies is for every citizen so that he/she can approach the Supreme Court of India for protection in case of violation of any of the above fundamental rights.