OMNI
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY NEWSLETTER #7,
THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) AT 67. DECEMBER 10, 2015.
For a CULTURE OF PEACE
AND JUSTICE
Compiled by Dick Bennett.
(#1 12-10-08; #2
12-10-09; #3 12-10-11; #4 December 10, 2012; #5 Dec. 10, 2013; #6, Dec. 10,
2014)
What’s at stake: On Dec. 7 and 8 the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, repeating the clichés of 70 years ago,
celebrated Pearl Harbor to exemplify US resolve and resilience in standing tall
against aggressors, despite the truth that Pearl Harbor was an intensification
of a long conflict over who would control the Pacific and E. Asia—Japan or the
Western powers. Since Dec. 7, 1941,
Japan’s attack on the US fleet in Pearl Harbor has been used, like the Munich “appeasement”
agreement with Hitler, to justify US imperial defense and protection, as if
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia had attacked the US. Two pages of automatic celebration of armed
violence to settle problems. Today,
December 10, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette made no mention of Human Rights Day. This
newsletter is some small corrective by recognizing the UN Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR) as the common standard for human rights everywhere and
the United Nations as the chief structure for their realization.
See:
UN/USA, Amnesty
International, OMNI Human Rights Newsletter, Bill of Rights DAY Newsletter
(Dec. 15), Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, OMNI Vegetarian Action (animal rights),
numerous newsletters about UN organizations.
OMNI
National/INTERNATIONAL DAYS Project. December 2015 marks the end of new DAYS newsletters,
which have been a small but significant body of the newsletters. The total newsletters provide a much larger
library of information for research and action from the perspective of anti-war
nonviolence, world peace, democracy, social and economic justice, human rights,
and protection of the environment (193081 pageviews, 1553 posts, last
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A
Note on Strategy: Global/Local.
I recently viewed the new film Spotlight, depicting the Boston Globe investigative team that
exposed the sexual abuses by Catholic priests in the area. The editor charged the team with discovering not
merely the criminals but the system that
enabled the criminal behavior for several decades. What they discovered was the extensiveness
of the system—not merely the Catholic hierarchy but the social and political
hierarchy intertwined with the church. And the newspaper itself, which decades
earlier had discovered evidence of large-scale abuse but had buried the story
in an inside section and then had abandoned it altogether.
Similarly, the peace, justice, and ecology
movement is tasked with the discovery, analysis, and publicity of the US system President Eisenhower labeled
the Military-Industrial Complex. It is
much deeper and widespread than he declared in his Farewell Address, though he
had included Congress in his original draft.
Today Ike would have to include the Corporations, Pentagon, Congress,
White House, Mainstream Media, Education, Imperialism, Exceptionalism, Racism, Secrecy,
Surveilance Complex of structures—institutions--to begin to describe the 2015 US
National Security State (NSS) system.
Anywhere you start you find that system,
but as with the Boston Globe’s investigation
of the Catholic system in Boston, a focus on the local offers no hope of
changing the system that created local conditions. If you truly wish to make changes that matter
and last, you must wring out the system to the top. Here we start with human rights.
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Contents
OMNI UN Human Rights DAY Newsletter #7, Dec. 10, 2015
UN Human Rights
Day Dec. 10, 2015: 50th anniversary
of the two International
Covenants on Human Rights:
Covenants on Human Rights:
UN Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner
Human Rights
Organizations 2015, Google Search
O’Malley,
Interview of Mary Robinson
Peace and
Planet’s Human Rights Day Focus on Refugees
Attacks on
Human Rights
Arkansas’
Congressional Representatives
OMNI’s
Newsletters
Human
Rights Day
10 December 2015
10 December 2015
A young resident of
Santa Rita, Bolivia during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit. UN
Photo/Evan Schneider
Introduction
Human
Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on
which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In
1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and
interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights
Day.
This
year's Human Rights Day is devoted to the launch of a year-long campaign for
the 50th anniversary of the two
International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966.
The
two Covenants, together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, form
the International Bill of Human Rights, setting out the civil, political,
cultural, economic, and social rights that are the birth right of all human
beings.
"Our
Rights. Our Freedoms. Always." aims to promote and raise awareness of the
two Covenants on their 50th anniversary. The year-long campaign revolves around
the theme of rights and freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of worship,
freedom from want, and freedom from fear -- which underpin the International
Bill of Human Rights are as relevant today as they were when the Covenants were
adopted 50 years ago. For more this year's theme and the year-long campaign,
see the website of the UN Human Rights office.
Follow
#HumanRightsDay
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Human Rights Day  Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, (United States) holding a Declaration of Human Rights © UN Photo Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The formal inception of Human Rights
Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting
all States and interested organizations to adopt 10 December of each year as
Human Rights Day.
When the General Assembly adopted the
Declaration, with 48 states in favor and eight abstentions, it was proclaimed
as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all
nations", towards which individuals and societies should "strive by
progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal
and effective recognition and observance". Although the Declaration with
its broad range of political, civil, social, cultural and economic rights is
not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which
together constitute an international standard of human rights. Today the
general consent of all United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights
laid down in the Declaration makes it even stronger and emphasizes the
relevance of Human Rights in our daily lives.
The High
Commissioner for Human Rights, as the main United Nations rights
official, and her Office play a major role in coordinating efforts for the
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For the original interview go to:
J.P.
O'Malley. Ínterview: Mary Robinson. Spectator,
Sept. 21, 2012. http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2012/09/interview-mary-robinson/
Former Irish
president Mary Robinson discusses her new memoir 'Everybody Matters'
Mary Robinson,
author of 'Everybody Matters,' talked with me about everything from her meeting
with the queen of England to the relationship between Ireland and Rwanda.
By, Contributor
/ March 15, 2013
In 1990, Mary
Robinson became Ireland’s first female president.
As a
progressive liberal, Robinson seemed a very unlikely candidate for the job in
what was then a deeply conservative country.
Throughout the
'70s and '80s, she worked as a human rights lawyer as well as a senator,
arguing a number of landmark cases that challenged various clauses within the
Irish constitution which failed to protect minorities. Robinson fought on
behalf of women, who were effectively treated as second-class citizens;
homosexuals, who were criminalized for their sexual orientation; and campaigned
to change the law on the sale of contraceptives, which were illegal in Ireland
without prescription until 1985.
When she became
president, Robinson was determined to reinvigorate the role. In 1993, she was
the first Irish President to travel to Britain, when she met with Queen
Elizabeth II for tea in Buckingham Palace.
Robinson then
returned to Britain in 1996 on an official state visit.
From 1997 to
2002, Robinson served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The role proved
to have huge political difficulties, particularly in the post-9/11 world.
Robinson openly criticized the Bush Administration, much to the chagrin of then
Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. In 2009, Robinson was
awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
In recent
years, Robinson has returned to Ireland to live, where she set up The Mary
Robinson Foundation–Climate Justice, a center for leadership, education and
advocacy for those affected by climate change across the globe.
Robinson’s
memoir Everybody Matters recalls a long and dedicated career as a public
servant, both at national and international level.
Recently she
spoke with me about the difficulties the role of UN High Commissioner
presented, how Eleanor Roosevelt provided a life-changing moment, and why she has
always been persuaded by those who fight for equality and justice through
non-violent methods.
Was it your
awareness of middle class privilege from an early age that inspired you to
peruse a career that fought for justice in society?
Well, I came
from a family that was privileged but not rich. My mother was a very warm,
engaging, and open person, but she was also quite snobbish. She thought our
family were great because we had a background of a colonial past, and plaques
on the wall in the Protestant church in the town of Ballina, County Mayo,
because the first Catholic in the family was my grandfather. The more she
talked about this, the more I was rebelling the other way. For me, it was all about fairness.
You talk about
reading Eleanor Roosevelt at any early age. What did you see in her worldview
that inspired you?
I always loved
people who were inspirational. Figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Davitt,
Daniel O’Connell, and Martin Luther King. In 1958, Eleanor Roosevelt made a
famous speech on the tenth anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, and she said: “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In
small places, close to home.” When I read this, I had a lightbulb moment and
thought, I really want to be involved in this.
Reminder: Human Rights Day Syria
Actions - Diplomacy NOT War
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Dick,
Reminder:
Dec.
10, 2015, Human Rights Day Actions for Diplomacy Not War in Syria
Friends,
Sometimes
it’s not a pleasure to be right. Back in October the Peace and Planet
Coordinating Committee discussed the increasing dangers of a military incident
between the U.S. and Russia leading to escalation and in the very worst case,
to a nuclear confrontation or worse.
This is
why, thinking in terms of peace as a human right, we put out our call for actions and events on Dec.
10, Human Rights Day.
Then came
the downing of a Russian warplane in Syria after it reportedly violated Turkish
air space for 17 seconds. Remembering that Turkey is a member of NATO,
you can fill out the picture.
And, since
October, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the war and dismal
refugee camps across the Middle East. Here in the US, unlike Germany, instead
of offering sanctuary to people fleeing for their lives, too many of our
elected officials have exploited unjust fears and racism to prevent desperate
children, women and men from reaching safety.
This, in
turn, feeds ISIS’ “the West hates Muslims” narrative that draws it new
recruits, extends the Syrian War, and fuels terrorist attacks.
Among
other responses to our call, here in Boston United for Justice and Peace has
planned “War Is Not the Answer” vigil,
merging appeals for diplomacy and support for the Syrian refugees. http://masspeaceaction.org/events/syria-refugees-vigil
Plea¬se
take action next Thursday, organizing a vigil in your community. And, if you
are in the U.S., please generate calls and e-mails to your Senators urging them
to vote against legislation that would bar Syrian refugees.
For Peace & Planet
Joseph Gerson
Donate to Peace
& Planet
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Senator John Boozman: (202)224-4843
Senator Tom Cotton: (202)224-2353
Rep. Rick Crawford, 1st District: (202)225-4076
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Contents
of UN Human Rights Day Newsletter #1 12-10-08
Dick Bennett:
Break the Silence
Statement by
UNA/USA December 10, 2008
Local Rights
Organizations
National Rights
Organizations
Human Rights
Day, UDHR, DECEMBER 10
Amnesty
International
Human Rights
Watch
Bill of Rights
Day, DECEMBER 15
American Civil
Liberties Union
Plays about
Human Rights
Protest!
More Books
about Human Rights
Contents of #2 12-10-09
Gore Vidal,
State Terror , Tibet
Amnesty
International
Human Rights
Watch
Center for
Constitutional Rights
UUSC
Alison des
Forges and Rwandan Human Rights
Chrysler and
Altruism
Contents of #3 12-10-11
UN HUMAN RIGHTS
DAY
UNA-USA
OMNI 2010 Human
Rights Day
Human Rights
Day 2010 UNA/USA
United Nations
Legal Power to
the People
Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights
UUSC
Rights of
Women: CEDAW
Books
Contents 2012, #4
Dance!
UN and Human
Rights
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
UN Declaration
on Human Rights Defenders
CCR
UUSC
Witness for
Peace
Americans for
Peace Now
Contents 2013 #5
UN Human Rights
Day Celebrates UDHR
Two on
Women:
Code Pink Women
Lead to Peace, Syria
Human Rights
Hero: Cynthia Brown
Vets for Peace
Celebrates UN Human Rights Day
Death Penalty
for Atheists
Jack Donnelly,
Human Rights Scholar
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Day Dec. 10, 2014
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2014
Zeid Al
Hussein, UNHCHR
Human Rights
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