Every Human Has Rights was launched in 2008 by The Elders as a campaign to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The year saw the beginnings of a revival of awareness of the Declaration and its principles, which still hold strong today.
To celebrate this anniversary and to support Human Rights, Max Dana launched the ’60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary’ Initiative. She created an original artwork and it was signed by sixty people, from the most important organizations in the world (Amnesty International, UNICEF, UNHCR, Human Rights Watch…), to volunteers and individuals supporting organizations, to committed people (doctors, lawyers…). She also met with the 30 winners of the Internews Every Human Has Rights Media Awards. More information on this page.
Now, Every Human Has Rights is being proudly coordinated by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.
We’re looking for ways to help raise awareness of the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and take action on them. In a world where people are still persecuted for speaking out, children still don’t have access to basic education and women are still abused and marginalised, human rights have too often just been pushed aside.
We believe that EVERY HUMAN HAS RIGHTS – whoever they are, wherever they come from, and they begin with the basis of the Universal Declaration: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
