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Significant International Human Rights Days

 

DateEvent
8 MarchInternational Women’s Day
21 MarchInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
3 MayWorld Press Freedom Day
Beginning 25 MayWeek of Solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
12 JuneWorld Day Against Child Labour
26 JuneInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture
09 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People
08 SeptemberInternational Literacy Day
September (opening day of UN General Assembly)International Day of Peace
First Monday of OctoberWorld Habitat Day
16 October World Food Day
17 OctoberInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
16 NovemberInternational Day for Tolerance
25 NovemberInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
01 DecemberWorld AIDS day
02 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
10 DecemberInternational Human Rights Day
18 December International Migrants Day