Human Rights Commission calls for recognition and respect for human rights of all

As we celebrate Human Rights Day today, the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission is calling for recognition, respect and human rights of all including vulnerable groups regardless of their race, culture, religion, sex, disability, gender expression and identity, national or social origin, social and economic status.

Commission Chairperson Pravesh Sharma says the theme for this year is Freedom, Equality and Justice for all, which remains integral to their work fostering on promoting dignity and equality in rights amidst challenges such as existential threats of climate change, economic recovery from post-Covid 19 pandemic, racism, inequalities, conflicts, gender-based violence, child abuse, brutality at the hands of law enforcement agencies, the plight of migrant workers, and the critical matter of food security.

Sharma says one should not be left behind in accessing justice including a child, a woman, a person with a disability, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex person, an elderly person, an asylum-seeker, refugees and victims of violence.

He says this year is special as it marks the 75th anniversary of this landmark document, which enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being regardless of their race, culture, religion, sex, political or other opinion, national or social origin, birth or other status.