CAMPAIGN OF POPULARIZATION OF THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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#UDHR70 CAMPAIGN: 10 November - 9 December 2018
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• About the Campaign
• One Article One Day
• UDHR IN VIDEO

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December 10, 1948 was an important moment for the protection of human rights around the world since it is the day on which the Assembly General of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This year, we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the UDHR. At the time of its adoption, neither its drafters nor the United Nations General Assembly could anticipate the human rights standards and practice that would flow from this document for the peoples of the world.
Today, a lot has been achieved. In all countries, local activists and civil society organizations are fighting inequality on many civil, political, social, economic and cultural fronts.
​The 193 UN Member States are periodically reviewed under the UDHR. Nine fundamental human rights treaties and a number of additional optional protocols have been adopted to give legal force to the promises made in the UDHR. The governance of the international human rights system is monitored by treaty bodies, national human rights institutions and other United Nations organs.
Even though every day at each corner of the globe, aspects of the great human rights system is being challenged, the 70th anniversary of the UDHR is an ideal opportunity to take stock of all that has been accomplished and what remains to do.

Placed under the theme of “70 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Is There Anything to Celebrate?”, this conference aims to identify, analyze and comment on the various forms of implementation of this instrument as well as the major challenges to which age exposes it.
This will be done through presentations by leading researchers, practitioners from different backgrounds, representatives of civil society organizations as well as policy-makers at both the national and international level in the presence of students from the 30 universities based in the Great Lakes region.

This conference is the ending point of iPeace’s vast campaign of popularization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which will include among others the following activities:

• Production of a 6-minute video on the UDHR in French and English;
• A countdown starting on 10th November to publish an article of the UDHR on the website of iPeace and on all its social networks on a daily basis. These articles will be produced as a photo (illustration) + full text of the concerned article;
• International conference to reflect on the achievements and challenges of the UDHR.

This bilingual conference (French & English with simultaneous interpretation) will be attended by about 160 persons, including:

• Researchers and decision-makers from government, diplomatic missions, CSOs, and national and international institutions
• Students and lecturers from 30 universities based in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda and DR Congo.
• Lawyers, members of the Rwanda Bar Association.

From 10 November to 9 December 2018:
*** UDHR Articles as they were shared on social media ***

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Let's talk about the UDHR  - Short Video (6 minutes)