Human Rights Day 2025: Our Everyday Essentials

We can’t lose sight of the fact that dignity and human rights are non-negotiable for they are “our everyday essentials”. In a time of uncertainty and insecurity, Human Rights Day, celebrated every 10 December, reaffirms the importance of reconnecting with human rights. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, underscores that “we must reconnect with human rights, remembering that they are about people – about their needs, wants and fears, as well as their hopes and aspirations”. The theme of the UN Human Rights Day 2025, Human Rights: our Everyday...