Human Rights Day Content / Human Rights Day Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en What Does International Human Rights Day Commemorate? /curiosity/blog/international-human-rights-day-2020 <p><em>Thursday, Dec. 10&nbsp;commemorates the 72nd anniversary of Human Rights Day. It marks when in 1948&nbsp;Eleanor Roosevelt ushered in the modern human rights era by presenting the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/"><strong>Universal Declaration of Human Rights</strong></a>&nbsp;to the United Nations for approval.&nbsp; The acceptance of that document by the nations of the U.N. is what we commemorate today.</em></p> December 09, 2020 - 4:56pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/blog/international-human-rights-day-2020