WHY IS THE MEA NOT GIVEN ON 10 DECEMBER (HUMAN RIGHTS DAY)?
10 December would indeed in many ways be appropriate, but many organisations already organize activities of their own at national and international level. The MEA – as a collaborative project – would not want to be in direct competition with its own members. Moreover, 10 December is also the day of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. (Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896 and therefore that day is ‘Nobel Day’ in Sweden and Norway. Much later, after the Second World War, the United Nations declared 10 December to be International Human Rights Day and designated 21 September as the International Day of Peace. The curious result is that the Peace prize is given on International Human Rights Day.) DO HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS USUALLY GET PUBLICITY? Yes, to some extent, but most human rights awards tend to obtain publicity in the countries where the awards are given. However, from the protection point of view, the most crucial publicity would be at the local level, in the country of the human
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