Commemorating International Human Rights Day
UConn joins the world in marking International Human Rights Day.
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Today, we join the world in marking International Human Rights Day. Throughout this year, communities near and far have faced some of the most significant human rights challenges since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has cost the lives of some 1.5 million people worldwide and had devastating impacts on much of our social fabric. This, along with the ongoing challenges of rising authoritarianism, an ongoing struggle to end racism and discrimination, deepening economic inequality, and the intensifying climate crisis, demonstrate the need to renew our commitment to human rights and to each other. That commitment is a central part of the identity of the University of Connecticut.