Check out the list of celebrations and anniveraries below. You can visit the links provided to find out more.
Perhaps you would like to celebrate a human rights date in your school or community. You could:
- invite a speaker to come to your classroom
- hold a cultural day and celebrate diversity in our society or
- create an award to celebrate the achievements of someone who has been a champion of human rights in your local community.
Alternatively, why not brainstorm with your friends or classmates to come up with an event of your own.
HREOC would like to hear how you are celebrating human rights. Email: education@humanrights.gov.au to let us know.
| Month |
Celebration |
More Info
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| February | 21 February International Mother Language Day |
www.unesco.org |
| March | 8 March International Women's Day |
www.un.org/womenwatch |
| 21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Harmony Day (Australia) |
www.un.org/rights & www.unhchr.ch | |
| April | 7 April World Health Day |
www.who.int |
| May | 3 May World Press Freedom Day |
www.unesco.org |
| 15 May International Day of Families |
www.un.org/esa/socdev/family | |
| June | 4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
www.unicef.org |
| 20 June World Refugee Day |
www.unhcr.ch | |
| 26 June International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
www.un.org/rights | |
| July | 11 July World Population Day |
www.unfpa.org |
| August | 9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
www.unhchr.ch |
| 12 August International Youth Day |
www.unesco.org/youth | |
| September | 21 September International Day of Peace |
www.un.org/peace |
| October | 1 October International Day of Older Persons |
www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing |
| 10 October World Mental Health Day |
www.who.int | |
| 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
www.un.org/esa/socdev/ | |
| 4th Wednesday of
October Universal Children's Day (Australia) |
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| November | 16 November International Day for Tolerance |
www.unesco.org/tolerance |
| 25 November International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women |
www.un.org/womenwatch | |
| December | 3 December International Day of Disabled Persons |
www.who.int |
| 10 December Human Rights Day |
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| 18 December International Migrants Day |
www.unhchr.ch |
Download Posters
You can also download the 'Celebrate Human Rights Poster' to display. There are two versions to download:
 Download the Celebrate Human Rights Poster Ver 2 - with blank space so you can promote your own celebration (700k,  PDF format) |
