Human Rights Day Day is famous yearly across the world on 10 Dec. The date was selected to respect the United Nations General Assembly's adopting and proclamation, on 10 Dec 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first international enunciation of human rights and one of the first major success of the new United Nations. The official organization of Human Rights day happened at the 317th Plenary Conference of the General Assembly on 4 Dec 1950, when the General Assembly announced resolution 423(V), welcoming all participant declares and any other fascinated organizations to enjoy the day as they saw fit.