group photo at human rights event in Liberia, featuring officials and youth
Launch of the Human Rights 75 initiative for Liberia in the country’s capital, Monrovia. The event was attended by school children, youth, other civil society members and government representatives. Photo: OHCHR

2023 Events

High-level and regional events

11-12 December

Two-day hybrid high-level event in Geneva, with regional hubs connected in Panama, Nairobi and Bangkok. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will make opening remarks. The event is accessible to all with international sign interpretation and real-time captioning in English provided. A Human Rights 75 Virtual Conference Centre is being built to welcome 3,000 online participants. Register to watch the debates online via the Human Rights 75 Virtual Conference Centre.

5-6 June

High-level event in Vienna, focusing on universality and solidarity, technology and shaping the future with human rights reinforced as a solution for global challenges.

 

Regional events

In September and October, regional events took place in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Cairo, Brussels and Santiago.

New York

12 December

Members of the Third Committee of the General Assembly will recommit to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by signing copies of the Declaration. 

15 December

Awards ceremony in the UN General Assembly Hall for the winners of the 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize. 

16 December

Concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring the world premiere of Everyone, Everywhere by composer Daron Hagan, which weaves passages from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the words of human rights luminaries Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. Hagen’s cantata is paired with Ralph Vaughan-Williams’s impassioned Dona Nobis Pacem in an evening of music that brings the world we seek into view. Introduction by High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Watch music director Mark Shapiro’s interview with Volker Türk on Everyone, Everywhere.

 

Participate

  • Make your voice heard by participating in the two-day hybrid high-level event in Geneva.
  • Spread the word by adding your photo on social media.
  • Participate in OHCHR’s Human Rights 75 Film Tour.
  • Express your preference for the human rights declaration article that most clearly reflects your priority for the future.
  • Help us push leaders to take action and mobilize a global movement by joining our social media campaign and #Act4RightsNow #HumanRights75. Communication assets are available on OHCHR’s dedicated Trello Board, which includes posters, photo filters, virtual exhibit and other materials.
  • Get inspired through OHCHR’s HR75 countdown and discover the stories of those who fought for human rights throughout history until today.
  • Find more ideas in the Human Rights Day toolkit.