{"id":1883,"date":"2015-07-17T10:32:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.humanrightsagency.com\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2015-07-17T10:32:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T10:32:39","slug":"18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/","title":{"rendered":"18 July  , &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201cIt is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n<p>Every year on 18 July \u2014 the day Nelson Mandela was born \u2014 the UN joins a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to mark Nelson Mandela International Day.<\/p>\n<p>For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity \u2014 as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>How the Day came about<br \/>\nIn November 2009, the UN General Assembly declared 18 July &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221; in recognition of the former South African President\u2019s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>General Assembly resolution A\/RES\/64\/13 recognizes Nelson Mandela\u2019s values and his dedication to the service of humanity, in the fields of conflict resolution, race relations, the promotion and protection of human rights, reconciliation, gender equality and the rights of children and other vulnerable groups, as well as the upliftment of poor and underdeveloped communities. It acknowledges his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>un.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build\u201d&#8211; Nelson Mandela Every year on 18 July \u2014 the day Nelson Mandela was born \u2014 the UN joins a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[295,156],"tags":[615,616,55,617],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-human-rights-defenders-messages","category-international","tag-change","tag-nelson-mandela","tag-peace","tag-take-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>18 July , &quot;Nelson Mandela International Day&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"18 July , &quot;Nelson Mandela International Day&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"18 July , &quot;Nelson Mandela International Day&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"18 July , &quot;Nelson Mandela International Day&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HRA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adminag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adminag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adminag\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df\"},\"headline\":\"18 July , &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"Change\",\"Nelson Mandela\",\"peace\",\"Take Action\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights Defenders\u2019 messages\",\"International\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/\",\"name\":\"18 July , \\\"Nelson Mandela International Day\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df\"},\"description\":\"18 July , \\\"Nelson Mandela International Day\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"18 July , &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"HRA\",\"description\":\"Endowed with the Special Consultative Status of the United Nations ECOSOC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df\",\"name\":\"adminag\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/localhost\\\/sade\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.agencedh.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/adminag\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","description":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","og_description":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/","og_site_name":"HRA","article_published_time":"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00","author":"adminag","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adminag","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/"},"author":{"name":"adminag","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df"},"headline":"18 July , &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221;","datePublished":"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/"},"wordCount":209,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["Change","Nelson Mandela","peace","Take Action"],"articleSection":["Human Rights Defenders\u2019 messages","International"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/","url":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/","name":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2015-07-17T10:32:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df"},"description":"18 July , \"Nelson Mandela International Day\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/18-july-nelson-mandela-international-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"18 July , &#8220;Nelson Mandela International Day&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/","name":"HRA","description":"Endowed with the Special Consultative Status of the United Nations ECOSOC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a039b21f1b9522820b8862b46065a9df","name":"adminag","sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/sade"],"url":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/author\/adminag\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}