Day |
Observance |
27 January |
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |
20 February |
World Day of Social Justice |
21 March |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
24 March |
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims |
25 March |
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
25 March |
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members |
7 April |
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide |
26 April |
World Intellectual Property Day[WIPO] |
4 June |
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
12 June |
World Day Against Child Labour[ILO] |
13 June |
International Albinism Day |
15 June |
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
20 June |
World Refugee Day |
23 June |
International Widows’ Day |
26 June |
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
18 July |
Nelson Mandela International Day |
30 July |
World Day against Trafficking in Persons |
9 August |
International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
12 August |
International Youth Day |
23 August |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition[UNESCO] |
15 September |
International Day of Democracy |
1 October |
International Day of Older Persons |
2 November |
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists |
16 November |
International Day for Tolerance |
2 December |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
3 December |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
5 December |
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
10 December |
Human Rights Day |
18 December |
International Migrants Day |
Week |
Observance |
21–27 March |
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination |
Year |
Observance |
2011 |
International Year for People of African Descent |
2011 |
International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011) |
2009 |
International Year of Human Rights Learning |
2004 |
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition |
2001 |
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance |
1999 |
International Year of Older Persons |
1995 |
United Nations Year for Tolerance |
1993 |
International Year for the World's Indigenous People |
1987 |
International Year of Shelter for The Homeless |
1982 |
International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa |
1981 |
International Year for Disabled Persons |
1978/79 |
International Anti-Apartheid Year |
1971 |
International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice |
1968 |
International Year for Human Rights |
1959/60 |
World Refugee Year |
Decade |
Observance |
2015–2024 |
International Decade for People of African Descent |
2005–2014 |
Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People |
1995–2004 |
Decade for Human Rights Education |
1994–2004 |
Decade of the World's Indigenous People |
1993–2003 |
Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination |
1983–1993 |
Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination |
1983–1992 |
United Nations Decade for Disabled Persons |
1973–1983 |
Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination |
Anniversary |
Observance |
2011 |
25th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development |
2010 |
50th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples |
2009 |
20th Anniversary of the Adoption by the General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child |
2008 |
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
1998 |
50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |