#HumanRightsPower – social media campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The campaign was launched in the margins of the 39th session of the Human Rights Council in support of the efforts by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to raise awareness around the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
https://twitter.com/EU_UNGeneva/status/1040589467554328576
Bracelets with sentences of the Declaration were widely distributed in Geneva's UN Palais des Nations, encouraging participants to publicly support the universal values by posting their photo on social media with the hashtags #HumanRightsPower and #Standup4HumanRights.
https://twitter.com/EU_UNGeneva/status/1041671926035480577
Respect for human rights is a founding value of the European Union. Particularly in light of this year's 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Union strongly supports the pledge by the UN Secretary General to raise the profile of human rights and to make prevention and sustainable peace a priority of the UN, by tackling root causes of conflicts, including by addressing human rights violations and abuses. The campaign aims to publicly show the EU's support to the UN human rights system, particularly at a time, when there have been serious negative trends around the world in human rights. It will continue in various parts of the world until 10 December 2018, when Human Rights Day is observed.
https://twitter.com/UN_HRC/status/1042362084766507010
https://twitter.com/GreeceInGeneva/status/1042761499238952961
https://twitter.com/MOFABahamas/status/1042097173243019264
https://twitter.com/SwedenGeneva/status/1042031934908628993
https://twitter.com/NLinGeneva/status/1041619854531473408
https://twitter.com/GermanyUNGeneva/status/1042064052317548545
https://twitter.com/tichy_e/status/1042772490458685441
https://twitter.com/LatviaUN_Geneva/status/1042040481373405188
https://twitter.com/ItalyUN_Geneva/status/1042807242368708609
https://twitter.com/MiriamShearman/status/1041996837828415488
https://twitter.com/IcelandinGeneva/status/1041644584995090432
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