60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948-2008

Under the Secretary General’s leadership the 60 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be a UN system-wide advocacy campaign throughout 2008. UN agencies and institutions will highlight how their work helps advance the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Declaration. This will also be an opportunity for the UN family as a whole to reinforce the importance of the universality of human rights and justice at the regional and country levels. Keep sending us your feedback and information on your plans at 60anniversary@ohchr.org.

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N° 3 November 2007 Info60

10 December Launch

This year’s Human Rights Day will be the starting point of the UDHR60 campaign. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour will launch the year-long commemoration in Geneva. Watch out for our special Info60 which will feature the new UDHR60 logo and the creative concept behind it, as well as additional materials to support your own initiatives. The logo is embargoed until 10 December.

Campaign Tips

Invite your local audience to write a personal story entitled “I am 60” or “When I am 60”. Those who are 60 could be invited to recount their experience and perception of changes in human rights over the past 60 years. Or they could be invited to write about the future “When I am 60, I want all the rights in the UDHR to be real, especially…” Participants could use UDHR themes (http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/), to illustrate their story, or perhaps include suggestions on how their rights can be protected.

Our Projects – your projects

• A website to complement the UDHR60 campaign will be launched on 10 December. http://www.knowyourrights2008.org/ will be a market place of ideas about how to mark the anniversary and a source of information about the Universal Declaration. Visitors to the site will be invited to provide details of their special events, publications, illustrations, educational activities, performances, music and any other means they plan using to mark the anniversary. Send your project plans NOW to kyr2008@unric.org

• In Connecticut, USA, the Peace Commission of the City of New Haven will run a year-long campaign of public interaction on human rights to mark the 60 th Anniversary.

Your space

In this section, we will post your UDHR60 poem, stories