As the world prepares to celebrate Human Rights Day — and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — this Monday 10 December, we are happy to share some fun ways to celebrate.
We are excited to announce that 30 landmarks across the globe will shine blue in honor of Human Rights Day. The London Eye and Somerset House will go #Blue4HumanRights. We invite you to visit our HRW.org/HumanRightsDay webpage, which has been translated into French, Spanish, Arabic, German, and Japanese.
In addition, here are ways you can help Human Rights Watch commemorate the day. Please share widely.
Actions for today:
- Wear blue on Monday and post selfies and group photos with staff, friends, and networks on social media, or in front of a building that is going blue. Tag your photo #Blue4HumanRights. Meet us at 7pm at Radio Rooftop Bar to join in!
- Share our Human Rights Day landing page HRW.org/blue that provides ways for the general public to engage with us on Human Rights Day.
- Update your profile photo on Facebook for Human Rights Day. The frame is available in 8 languages.
- Use the Human Rights Day social media toolkit to easily post your own messages all day.
- Take a recording of yourself reading your favorite article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can post the recordings on your own social media feeds, and tag HRW (@humanrightswatch on Facebook and Instagram, @hrw on Twitter) and the following hashtags: #HumanRightsDay #StandUp4HumanRights
A flag (picture) to represent human rights has been designed by Ai Wei Wei and the unveiling of the flag today will kickstart a year of celebration around human rights in the UK. In June 2019 schools, organisations and individuals from across the country will be invited to ‘fly the flag’ to show their support for human rights. Human Rights Watch is a founding member of a coalition of organisations, including theatres and other human rights organisations, leading this effort. David Mepham played a key role in shaping this campaign and Steph Hancock and Ben Ward are continuing his legacy by representing Human Rights Watch within the coalition. More details to follow!
Thank you and Happy Human Rights Day from all at Human Rights Watch!