December 1 to December 11 2017 #NaijaHRD "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt Date 01 December Time Evening Event Performance of a play on the theme of violence against women Venue Residence of the High Commissioner of Australia (invitation only) Organiser Australia Date December 04 Time Evening Event Art Exhibition about violence against women by female art association and awarding of the German-French Human rights price to Grace Osakue, Head of Girls Power Initiative in Benin City Venue Residence of the Ambassador of Germany (invitation only) Organisers Germany and France Date December 05 Time Daytime Event Reading and conversation about the rights of the child with children from public schools in Abuja, and related roundtable discussion with relevant actors Venue Residence of the Ambassador of Sweden (invitation only) Organiser Sweden Date December 05 Time 6:30pm Event Celebrating Human Rights Day under the theme of Freedom of Expression with music, song, poetry, visual arts and presentations. Venue EU Compound, EU Union Crescent (invitation only) Organisers The Delegation of the European Union, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Embassy of Belgium Date December 06 Time 9:30am Event Performances by FCT secondary school students focused on girls’ rights and leadership in collaboration with Girls Voices Initiative (invitation only) Venue Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland Organisers Canada and Switzerland Date December 07 Time 6:30pm Event Film screening of Mabo, a film on indigenous rights Venue Genesis Cinema, Ceddi Plaza (invitation only) Organiser Australia

Program of Events on the Occasion of Human Rights Day 2017 December 1 to December 11th 2017 #NaijaHRD "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt

Date December 10 Time 6:30pm Event Closing Ceremony: Looking Through Her Eyes - An Exhibition of Paintings, Photography & Performance by Young Women from The Durumi IDP Camp in Abuja in collaboration with Women’s Crisis Group Denk Spaces 13 Uyo Close, Area 11, Garki (invitation only) Venue Australia

Organiser Date December 11 Time 8:30am Event Human Rights Walk, NHRC launch of the braille version of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and press briefing Venue

Organisers National Human Rights Commission, United Nations and Switzerland