Any day is a good day to defend fundamental freedoms! But here are 20 anniversaries you can use to promote human rights.
January 16 – Religious Freedom Day
January 27 – Holocaust Victims Day
February 6 – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 12 – Red Hand Day (to stop the use of child soldiers)
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
March 24 – International Day for the Right to the Truth and for the Dignity of Victims
April 4 – International Day for Land Mine Awareness, Assistance, and Action
April 7 – International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
May 3 – World Press Freedom Day
May 29 – UN Peacekeepers Day
June 12 – World Day Against Child Labor
June 19 – International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 26 – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July 30 – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 30 – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
December 2 – Global Abolition of Slavery Day
December 9 – Genocide Prevention Day
Dec. 10 – Human Rights Day (Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
You can also use national anniversaries or constitution days of countries you are focused on, as a peg for your floor speech, letter, or other action.