International Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of human rights in re-building the world we want, with global solidarity, interconnectedness and shared humanity. The annual celebration of Human Rights Day highlights how people everywhere stand up for human rights. To celebrate International Human Rights Day, all the offices of NCHR held events and activities across Pakistan to engage with local communities. NCHR Chairperson Rabiya Javeri Agha visited the Central Prison in Karachi to meet with, and hear the concerns of, detained foreign prisoners including Afghan women and children. NCHR’s regional team in Balochistan collaborated with UNDP and the Social Welfare Department (Government of Balochistan) to honour the achievements of grassroots women leaders from different communities across Balochistan. NCHR Regional Office Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hosted a seminar on gender-based violence at the University of Peshawar that brought together students, professors, representatives of civil society, members of the transgender community, government officials, lawyers, and media. On Human Rights Day, NCHR Headquarters honoured the medical workers of Pakistan who were the front-line warriors in the battle against the devastating floods. Similarly, Member Minorities, dedicated the day to the sanitary workers of Pakistan and held a small ceremony in this regard. 38