Human Rights Day is internationally celebrated on 10th of December. The date commemorates the United Nations General Assembly┬Тs adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Honouring the UN General Assembly┬Тs efforts to cater to the welfare of human beings regardless of social barriers of caste, class, race, ethnicity and physical disabilities, Jan Ki Baat has chosen to take a stand, joining the relentless struggle against institutions and practices that are founded on their disregard for human rights.
The issue of human rights remains a relevant one because, despite being part of the 21stCentury, discrimination against certain sections of society persists. Violence against women, stigmas ascribed to the physically challenged, the exclusion of the lower-castes from the public space and the socio-legal struggle of the LGBTQ Community for their recognition, are just few of the visible infringements on human rights.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights became a document that guaranteed the most primary, most fundamental rights to human beings, resulting in it being accepted as contract between a government and the citizens, across the globe, assumed to be the basis for present as well as future democracies.
