In solidarity with the global human rights movement, iconic buildings will glow blue to mark this year's values like nondiscrimination, human dignity and justice that Human Rights Watch promised to defend.
Around 23 landmarks and prominent buildings across the globe will be lit up blue on Sunday to mark the celebration of Human Rights Day.
In solidarity with the global human rights movement, iconic buildings in cities around the world from New York, Toronto, Sydney and Taipei will glow blue to mark this year's values like nondiscrimination, human dignity and justice that Human Rights Watch promises to defend.
“This is a crucial time to spotlight the universal principles and values of the human rights movement,” Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch said in a statement in their official website. “When basic freedoms are under threat, this global expression of solidarity is an act of defiance, a call to action to oppose those who want to turn back the clock on human rights."
Here is a list of the iconic building that will glow in blue on December 9, 2017: New York City’s Empire State Building, Freedom Tower of Miami, John Hancock Tower, Chicago (US), San Francisco City Hall of San Francisco, 3D Toronto Sign at Nathan Phillips Square and CN Tower in Toronto, Switzerland's Jet d’Eau in Geneva, Beirut National Museum at Beirut, Australia's Sydney Opera House and Paulskirche in Frankfurt and Taipei 101 and 12 surrounding buildings in Taiwan including TWTC International Trade Building, HOMEHOTEL, NEO 19, Kelit International Co., Ltd., CPC Corporation, Walsin Lihwa Corp., Farglory Financial Center, Uni-Ustyle Department Stores-Taipei, Shin Kong Xinyi Financial Center, President International Development Corporation (PIDC), W Taipei, President Enterprise Corporation Tower.
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year by international community to mark a global unity to protect the rights of every individual. Many organisations and activists arrange various programmes to throw light on human values and human rights.
The Human Rights Day marks the day in 1948 when United Nations General Assembly Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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