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Every year the International Community commemorates a number of issues related to human rights. The list below is not exhaustive of these days, yet sets out those which are most prominent
January
1st - New Year's Day
8th - World Literacy Day
February
20th - Non-Violent Resistance Day
21st - International Mother Language Day
March
8th - International Women's Day
21st - World Poetry Day
21st - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22nd - World Day for Water
23rd - World Meterological Day
24th - World Tuberculosis Day
31st - Freedom Day
April
7th - World Health Day
8th - World Roma Day
22nd - Earth Day
23rd - World Book Copyright Day
30th - Holocaust Memorial Day
May
1st - International Workers' Day
3rd - World Press Freedom Day
8th - World Red Crossw and Red Crescent Day
15th - International Day of Families
17th - International Day Against Homophobia
17th - World Telecommunication Day
31st - World No-Tobacco Day
June
4th - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5th - World Environment Day
7th - Sette Giugno
15th - World Food Day
17th - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20th - World Refugee Day
21st - World Peace and Prayer Day
26th - International Day Against Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26th - UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26th - UN Charter Day
July
11th - World Population Day
August
6th - Hiroshima Day
7th - Transgender International Rights and Education Day
9th - International Day of Indigenous People
12th - International Youth Day
23rd - International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition
September
8th - International Literacy Day
Tuesday after the second Monday - Peace Day
16th - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21st - Independence Day
October
First Monday - World Habitat Day
Second Wednesday - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
1st - International Music Day
1st - International Day of Older Persons
5th - World Teachers' Day
10th - World Mental Health Day
16th - World Food Day
17th - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24th - World Development Information Day
24th - United Nations Day
November
3rd - Men's World Day
9th - International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
11th - International Day of Science and Peace
16th - International Day for Tolerance
20th - Universal Children's Day
21st - World Television Day
25th - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29th - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December
1st - World AIDS Day
2nd - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd - International Day of Disabled Persons
5th - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
10th - Human Rights Day
13th - Republic Day
18th - International Migrants' Day
29th - International Day for Biological Diversity
Human Rights have a history dating back many hundreds of years, development that has led to their current establishment, which many times involved bloodshed and tragic loss of lives.
