International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims Observed on 24 March 2025.

Important Days

The United Nations (UN)'s International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed annually on March 24 worldwide. The day aims to honor victims of severe human rights violations and promote justice. Background:


      - It also commemorates Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, a renowned human rights advocate from El Salvador, who was assassinated on March 24, 1980, for his opposition to oppression and violence.

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/65/196 on December 21, 2010, officially proclaiming March 24 as this international day.

      (ii) The first observance of the day took place in 2011.


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