Human Rights | MCQs

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UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 

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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is observed on February 6.

Sponsor: UNO

Introduced: 2003

Theme 2023: Partnership with men & boys to transform social and gender norms to end Female Genital Mutilation

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Each year on December 9th, the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime seeks to raise awareness of the Genocide Convention.

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The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed on 2 December annually.

Theme 2021: Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: A Global Imperative for Justice

Theme 2022: Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism  

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Theme 2022: Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment

World Day for International Justice is celebrated throughout the world on July 17.

July 17 is the date of the adoption of the treaty that created the International Criminal Court. 

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It is also known as right to life 

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Albinism is a congenital disorder that occurs due to absolute or partial absence of a pigment in the skin, eyes and hair.

United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day with effect from 2015.

Theme 2022: United in making our voice heard

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World Day Against Human Trafficking is observed on July 30th.

Theme 2022: Use and abuse of technology

Theme 2023: Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind

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Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights.

Founded: May 28, 1961, London, United Kingdom

Founders: Peter Benenson, Eric Baker

The organization says it has more than ten million members 

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The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to:

1. the Human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus,
2. the Russian human rights organization Memorial
3. the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.