UN celebrates 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration

The 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being celebrated by the United Nations system in Jamaica in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the European Union in Jamaica and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.

Partners are suporting a visual art exploration of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration, dubbed Art for Human Rights, and are issuing a call to action to all Jamaicans to “Stand up for Human Rights”.

All are invited to join the social media campaign on the Declaration by taking photos of theemselves posing with their favourite rights and tagging the UN Jamaica Facebook  and Twitter pages. Check out your rights in the universal declaration HERE  

Other components of the Art for Human Rights series includes: An art competition among students of the Edna Manley College; live painting of 70th anniversary commemorative murals at Emancipation Park on Sunday, 9 December accompanied by drumming; and the main event, an invitation-only Reasoning, Lecture and Art Exhibition on Human Rights Day, Monday 10 December at the College.

The Art exhibition will be on show at the College’s Cage Gallery, debuting at the Reasoning, Lecture and Art Exhibition on Human Rights Day, and featuring visual art pieces entered in the Art competition.The exhibition will be on show at the Cage until January 2019, followed by a nationwide tour in the first quarter of 2019.