Human Rights Week 2023: A week of action for human rights
To recognise this year’s Human Rights Week (3–10 December 2023) and its theme Rights in action, we invite you to take the pledge and take part in daily actions to challenge your knowledge of human rights and implement this knowledge in a practical way.
Human Rights Week is from 3–10 December 2023.
This year, we will partner with Victoria’s other independent commissions to encourage Victorians to take part in a week of daily actions to challenge their knowledge of human rights and implement this knowledge in a practical way.
During Human Rights Week we ask Victorians to:
- consider human rights in their interactions in everyday life
- have conversations about human rights
- put their knowledge into practice
- help build a society where rights are valued and respected.
About the week
Each day, participants will receive a daily action (and some additional actions) to set off a series of activities that all Victorians can join.
During the week, pledgers will take part in these daily actions to challenge their knowledge of human rights and implement this knowledge in a practical way.
This year’s week of action will be delivered in partnership with:
Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities
Commission for Children and Young People
Mental Health Complaints Commissioner
The Office of the Public Advocate
Activity calendar
Sunday 3 December: Victorian Disability Worker Commission
Monday 4 December: Office of the Public Advocate
Tuesday 5 December: Victorian Multicultural Commission
Wednesday 6 December: Commissioner for LGTBIQ+ Communities
Thursday 7 December: Mental Health Complaints Commissioner
Friday 8 December: Commission for Children and Young People
Saturday 9 December: Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Sunday 10 December: Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Event - 'Creating safe spaces for Staff in troubling times' panel discussion
To mark Human Rights Week 2023, IPAA Victoria, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and Diversity Council Australia will hold a special panel discussion to contemplate and explore the theme ‘Creating safe spaces for staff in troubling times – Human rights, leadership and workplace culture’.
Speakers:
- Ro Allen, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
- Lisa Annese, Chief Executive Officer, Diversity Council Australia
- Maggie Toko, Commissioner, Consumers, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
- Rana Hussain, CEO & Founder, Good Human
Date and time: Thursday 7 December 2023, 12pm to 1.30pm
