16 December - Human Rights (Reconciliation Day) - Paving the way towards human rights and equality: Living the values of the Universal Declaration of

Today we heard from Jody Kollapen – Chairperson at the South African Human Rights Commission. The Human Rights Commission in conjunction with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a commemorative two-day event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations last week Tuesday. The event, themed “Paving the way towards human rights and equality: Living the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the SA constitution” kicked -off with a seminar, where various speakers reflected on how the application of the declaration can be strengthened locally. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has as its core values, inherent human dignity, justice, non-discrimination, equality, fairness and universality which apply to every human being and must be promoted and protected. To read up the Universal Declaration for Human Rights go to www.sahrc.org.za