On 10 December 2007, Human Rights Day, the High Commissioner launched a year-long universal donorship appeal to mark the 60th anniversary, on Human Rights Day 2008, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She wrote to all 192 Member States, calling upon them to express their commitment to human rights by making a financial contribution, commensurate with their means, in support of the United Nations human rights programme, as a demonstration of their commitment to the ideals first set out 60 years ago in the Declaration.
Six months into the appeal, in June 2008, the High Commissioner reiterated her call to Member States, encouraging them to respond positively to her appeal for support. It is very much hoped that as many Member States as possible will make a voluntary contribution to OHCHR in this anniversary year, in whatever amount they deem appropriate, thereby demonstrating worldwide support for the United Nations human rights programme and the values of dignity and justice.
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The Human Rights Forest
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ratified by the United Nations 60 years ago, adds to our own Political Bill of Rights an Economic Bill of Rights.
The UDHR is based on the tireless efforts of Eleanor Roosevelt and many others.
This Declaration includes as Human Rights the right to a job, to join a union, to a standard of living adequate to provide health, food, clothing, housing, medical care and social services.
It includes education that is generally available and equally accessible that promotes respect for human rights, understanding, tolerance, friendship among nations, racial, or religious groups.
It includes the right to culture, to enjoy the arts, to share in the benefits of scientific advancement.
These rights are natural rights, not a luxury. We don’t have to earn these rights; everyone is born with them. The rights are not separable – they are all necessary together.
The Human Rights Forest was a project of the Greater New Haven Peace Council. At the annual Peabody Museum celebration of the birth of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., we asked children to pick one of the human rights, add it to a tree and paste it into the forest. Each tree is essential to the health of the forest.
The Forest is now on display at the main branch New Haven Free Public Library.
See and listen to kids describing their tree:
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Listen to audio recordings from December 6th UDHR Conference
Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights:
the Universal Declaration at 60
A Connecticut conference marking the 60th anniversary
of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Dec. 6, 2008
Audio recordings from the day's compelling workshops, including:
Keynote Address (only) by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan
Conference Opening Address by Al Marder, New Haven Peace Council introducing David Ives, director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute
Henry Lowendorf, Greater New Haven Peace Council introduces James J. Silk, director of the Schell Center for Human Rights at Yale
Connecting Human Rights with a Living Wage, workshop moderated by John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO
Tom Swan, Health Care for America NOW and CT Citizens' Action Group
Carol Walter, CT Coalition to End Homelessness
Phil Apruzzese, Connecticut Education Association
Nancy Carrington, Connecticut Food Bank
Ashaki Binta, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers and Jobs with Justice
We Won't Go Back! Dismantling the Landmines of Political Injustice, workshop moderated by Theresa Younger, CT Permanent Commission Status on Women
Andrew Schneider, CT ACLU
Edward Alwood, associate professor of journalism, Quinnipiac University
Joan Chrisler, National Organization for Women, Greater New Haven
Kathy Maskell, Love 146
The Peace Economy - The Key to Sustainability, workshop moderated by Marie Lausch, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers,
Dan Olson, Merrill Lynch Social Investing,
Mark Mitchell, CT Coalition for Environmental Justice,
Anat Belitzki, Albert Schweitzer Institute and Tel Aviv University
Joel Rinebold, CT Center for Advance Technology
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor -- the Universal Right to Cross Borders, workshop moderated by Marie Lausch, Michael Wishnie, clinical professor of law at Yale University,
Virginia Carstens, Leete, Kosto and Wizner,
Art Perry, SEIU BJ 32,
Chris George, Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services
David Amdur, American Friends Service Committee
On December 10, 2008, the world will celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. Human Rights Coalition from New Haven, CT in the United States, plans to form an international coalition to promote actions that would increase knowledge of UDHR and advance respect for human rights both in USA and abroad.
This web site is designed to support the Coalition's work, and will be maintained as a resource for all those who want to join in the ongoing struggle for human rights.
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Join Connecticut Coalition for Human Rights
The Connecticut Coalition for Human Rights is established with the overall objective to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR) December 2008, by using the months ahead to work with many social-issue groups to educate people in CT on Human Rights as enshrined in the UDHR and to end the year with a conference on how the United States measures up to the UDHR.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ratified by the United Nations 60 years ago, adds to our own Political Bill of Rights an Economic Bill of Rights.