About Human Rights Day
- What is Human Rights Day?
- What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- What has the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) said about human rights?
Liturgical resources
- A pastoral prayer for Human Rights Day
- An Advent devotion for Human Rights Day
- A Minute for Mission for Human Rights Day
- You Have Made Us in Your Image (pdf) – a hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
- You Have Made Us in Your Image (text) – a hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
- A Candle Lighting Service for Human Rights Day
- Order of Worship for Human Rights Day
- Children’s Sermon
Ideas for action
- Observe the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
- Take part in Cities for CEDAW to work for women’s rights in the U.S.
- Call the U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Learn about human rights related to Palestinian and Israeli children
- Work to end torture with the Human Rights Day tool kit from the National Religious Campaign to End Torture
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Sixty Years of Hope: Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Rev. Robert F. Smylie
More information about human rights
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Human Rights Fact Sheets from the United Nations
- Indigenous Rights for Human Rights Day