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Human Rights Day 2013

The December 10, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
December 10th is Human Rights Day. What do you consider to be the rights of every human being in the world, not just here in the U.S.
What do you feel should be the most important right of all guaranteed to every human. Explain why.

The theme for this year is "20 Years Working for Your Rights"1. The Vienna Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on June 25, 19932 and December 10 was declared Human Rights Day in 19503 in order to bring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights4 to the peoples of the world.

All human beings are entitled to all the human rights set forth in the Declaration of Human Right and all these rights are equally important. I think at this point in the history of Earth there are some of these rights that need to be focus of media attention educate people on the violation of these right. These rights concern Article 4, which concerns forbids slavery and the slave trade in any form. Article 16 which concerns the right of people to marry anyone the chose regardless of race, religion, or nationality. Article 18 which concerns "freedom of thought, conscience, and religion" and states that people have the right to change religions as they chose and practice their religion. Article 26 which is about the right of people to an education. The article I am most conscience of is Article 18 because of the imprisonment of my coreligionist in Iran for nothing more then practicing the Baha'i Faith and following Baha'u'llah.

To read The Universal Declaration of Human Rights go to http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml.


Thought of the Day: "As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, let us intensify our efforts to fulfill our collective responsibility to promote and protect the rights and dignity of all people everywhere." - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Footnotes
1  http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/
2  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/Vienna.aspx
3  http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/
4  http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml