On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2021,
President Ram Nath Kovind will address a programme on Friday organised by the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in New Delhi.

“President Ram Nath Kovind will grace and
address the function as the chief guest in the presence of chairperson Justice
Arun Mishra,” the NHRC, which is the statutory public body responsible for
protection and promotion of human rights in India, said in a statement.

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In the statement, NHRC also said its
secretary-general, other senior officers and members of the statutory
commission, SHRCs, diplomats, and various civil society members are also
expected to attend the programme.

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Since the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, December 10 is
observed as Human Rights Day every year. The UDHR is a milestone document,
which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human
being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Available
in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world.

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The Declaration consists of 30 articles
detailing an individual’s “basic rights and fundamental freedoms” and affirming
their universal character as inherent, inalienable, and applicable to all human
beings.

The international document also commits
nations to recognise all humans as being “born free and equal in dignity
and rights” regardless of “nationality, place of residence, gender,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status”.

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The National Human Rights Commission of
India defines human rights as provided under the Protection of Human Rights Act
(PHRA), 1993, as “Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the
individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international
covenants and enforceable by courts in India”.