Together for Human Rights: Caribbean Rights Out Loud!

The Common Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been translated into Jamaican Patwa and Saint Lucian Kwéyòl for Human Rights Day 2023.

In celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of the Common Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and in honour of Human Rights Day 2023, the United Nations Data Centre for the Caribbean Space (UNIC Caribbean) is proud to introduce a brand new marketing campaign, Caribbean Rights Out Loud!

This initiative seeks to advertise the lively universality of the UDHR by expressing it within the languages of the Caribbean. The marketing campaign begins with the primary official translations of the UDHR into Jamaican Patwa and Saint Lucian Kwéyòl.

Adopted by the United Nations Normal Meeting on 10 December 1948 as a typical commonplace, the UDHR set out for the primary time elementary human rights to be universally protected. The Caribbean Rights Out Loud! marketing campaign asserts that giving voice to human rights in native languages is critical to make sure that everybody, in every single place, is conscious of their human rights, and may entry them. “To say your rights, you will need to know your rights, making this marketing campaign a robust car for empowerment and equality within the area,” mentioned UNIC Caribbean Director, Liliana Garavito.

The marketing campaign aligns with the UN’s Common Declaration of Human Rights seventy fifth Anniversary commemoration, led by its Human Rights 75 Initiative which goals to rejuvenate the UDHR by demonstrating its relevance within the fashionable world and selling its promise of freedom, equality, and justice for all.

Caribbean Rights Out Loud! helps the continuing world UDHR Translation Project, and highlights how such translations promote the Declaration’s universality – in entry, expression, and applicability. Translated into a whole lot of languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu, the UDHR set a world document in 1999 for being probably the most translated doc on the planet. At current, there are 561 completely different translations accessible and the Caribbean Rights Out Loud! marketing campaign guarantees to boost that determine.

The Caribbean Rights Out Loud! marketing campaign options a number of key actions:

• Rising the rely of official Caribbean language UDHR translations, starting with Saint Lucian Kwéyòl and Jamaican Patwa.
• Distribution of translated variations to libraries throughout the Caribbean.
• Outreach actions to boost consciousness concerning the marketing campaign and encourage participation.
• Recordings of the UDHR being learn aloud, created with help from the United Nations Multi-Nation Workplace (MCO) in Jamaica.
• Social media marketing campaign promotion on United Nations Caribbean digital platforms.

The Caribbean Rights Out Loud! marketing campaign goals to:

• Enhance accessibility: Making the UDHR accessible in native languages helps to widen entry to its highly effective concepts and ideas.
• Declare the UDHR within the Caribbean voice: By translating the Declaration into native languages, the marketing campaign seeks to empower Caribbean communities.
• Deepen understanding: Translating the Declaration into acquainted languages permits for a deeper understanding and reference to its ideas.
• Advance the wrestle for human rights: The marketing campaign promotes lively engagement with the UDHR, encouraging Caribbean individuals to advocate for the complete enjoyment of their rights.

• Empower communities: The marketing campaign acknowledges and respects the range of Caribbean languages, selling their use to empower communities and strengthen their voices.

Be a part of the Motion!

Go to the “Caribbean Rights Out Loud!” page on the UNIC Caribbean web site to study extra concerning the marketing campaign, entry translated variations of the UDHR, and interact in actions selling human rights in your group.