Human Rights Day was celebrated in Baku

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights held an event dedicated to International Human Rights Day. The representatives from diplomatic missions, higher education institutions, and non-governmental organizations attended the event organized in collaboration with the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku State University, and the Institute of Law and Human Rights.

This year's International Human Rights Day was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Vladanka Andreeva, the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan; Aydın Safikhanli, the Head of the Ombudsman's Office; Mahammad Guluzade, the chairman of the board of the Law and Human Rights Institute, and Zaur Aliyev, the dean of the Faculty of Law of Bake State University, emphasized the significance of this document in history.

“In a world faced with profound challenges, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 75 years old, continues to be a beacon of hope, offering a common ground that reflects our shared humanity—a unifying force rooted in the concept of human dignity, that we owe one another as fellow human beings. By uniting nations under a shared objective, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for the first time, unequivocally asserted the freedom and equality of all humans. It emphasized the principle that every individual is inherently free and equal, regardless of their race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth, or any other status,” Vladanka Andreeva, the resident coordinator of the UN in Azerbaijan.

A group of Baku State University law faculty students was awarded a certificate for their role in promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Beneficiaries of DOST Inclusive Development and Creativity Center and "DanceAbility Azerbaijan" Inclusive Dance Company performed at the event.