One Day for Human Rights
Rights are indelible and vital to every human being on this planet, and everyone should at least take the time to recognize what those rights are.
Bloggers, podcasters, and video producers will create and post something about Human Rights day on December 10th. This date will mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I’m here to do my part.
Human rights are important for everyone and I encourage you to sign the petition to have your voice heard by your government. In doing so, you will be supporting a plan to print the 30 inalienable rights set forth by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on all passports. I was going to give visual representations of each right, but the One Day for Human Rights site says it all.
The reasoning for printing our 30 basic human rights in passports is incredibly important. Passports are significant in the sense that every government around the globe has them, and they are one of the quintessential tools used to give people the freedom to move about the world as they please. Do you like moving? Do you like freedom? Do you like the freedom to move? OK, this is starting to sound like a sexy tango dance class, but you get the idea. This simple gesture will make not only you aware of your rights, but it will also make our government acknowledge that they exist. What’s insane about this issue is that all it takes is a presidential order to have the Universal Declaration of Human Rights printed in passports. Yet, every president, when asked, refused to do so.
Honestly, I had no clue that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights document existed until one of my Twitter friends started a website devoted to this cause. Apparently, I’m not alone either, because only 5% of the world knows what it is.
Our nascent society seems to be turning around for the better, and I hope we continue to gain respect for one another as human beings and not fragment ourselves into categories like gender, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. We all have equal rights, and it’s time we start acknowledging them.
In addition to signing the petition, you can also help out by following @HumanRightsDay on Twitter and also by adding a Human Rights Day “little guy” logo to your avatar. If you have a blog or webpage add a support badge so your viewers can find out more about it. And if you’re feeling really inspired, why not write a letter to your senator, congressman, or to the new administration and request that the Declaration of Human Rights be printed in passports.


