60th Anniversary - Declaration of Human Rights and VII Agency

"ARTICLE 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. CAPTION - Prisoners crowd a jail cell in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gary Knight/VII"

"The 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights will take place on December 10, 2008. To mark this important milestone, the VII Photo agency has created an exhibition that will be shown in more than 50 cities around the world over the coming months. They include Baghdad, Kabul, Ramallah, Khartoum, Tbilisi, Caracas, Kathmandu, Lima, Port Moresby, Hong Kong, Prague, and Oslo, to name but a few. A slideshow of the work will be shown in another 180 cities/venues."
-VII Photo Agency


Like the quote above says, the VII Photo Agency will be having exhibitions to commemorate the day that the UN General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For each of the 30 articles of the UDHR, the VII Agency has selected 30 photographs. The exhibition also includes photographs by VII Network photographers such as Eric Bouvet and Balazs Gardi.

"ARTICLE 30: Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. CAPTION - A boy swings from a gun turret of an abandoned tank in Managua, Nicaragua. James Nachtwey/VII"

I haven't been able to find event schedules on their site or others, but I will be sure to stay posted on any event schedule updates. Until then, the 30 selected photos can be seen on the VII website.

Related Links:
www.viiphoto.com
UDHR