The protection, promotion and enhancement of human rights is one of the most significant priorities of the United Nations. Since 1945, the UN has placed great emphasis on the protection of human rights, while the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was declared in 1948 and all States declared December 10th as the Human Rights Day.

December 10th each year, marks the anniversary of the Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Over the years, a whole network of human rights instruments and mechanisms has been developed to ensure the primacy of human rights and to confront human rights violations wherever they occur.

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