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?? Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Human Rights Day (December 10, 2025)
?? On December 10, the international community marks #HumanRightsDay. It was on this historical day in 1948 when states came together to approve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an effort to strengthen respect for human dignity and reaffirm its importance. This document created a solid foundation for the present-day international framework for encouraging and defending human rights.
This year’s anniversary has special importance since it coincides with 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and World War II, as well as the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN).
It was the Great Victory, which came at an unimaginable cost with all peace-loving nations coming together to fight Nazism, fascism and militarism, that defined the course of global history and created a foundation for a new architecture of international relations, while also laying the groundwork for international law, including human rights law.
Unfortunately, certain countries have been exploiting the noble ideals and spirit of the Universal Declaration in pursuit of their momentary political and economic goals these days.
Freedom of speech has been used for justifying unrelenting attempts to revise the outcomes of World War II, justify the disastrous Nazi ideology, while casting Hitler’s followers and collaborationists as heroes. They have been referring to the principle of freedom from torture for interfering in the domestic affairs of sovereign states, while appealing to the freedom from discrimination for imposing neoliberal values as the one and only pillar of the world order.
?? This way of exploiting human rights as a tool for pursuing vested interests is unacceptable.
We believe that we must do everything we can to counter fraudulent attempts to assert lopsided interpretations of the fundamental human rights documents.
?? We call for working together on the human rights agenda by strictly following existing, time-tested and universally recognised international principles and norms while taking into account the historical, cultural and religious context in any given country.
?? On December 10, the international community marks #HumanRightsDay. It was on this historical day in 1948 when states came together to approve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an effort to strengthen respect for human dignity and reaffirm its importance. This document created a solid foundation for the present-day international framework for encouraging and defending human rights.
This year’s anniversary has special importance since it coincides with 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and World War II, as well as the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN).
It was the Great Victory, which came at an unimaginable cost with all peace-loving nations coming together to fight Nazism, fascism and militarism, that defined the course of global history and created a foundation for a new architecture of international relations, while also laying the groundwork for international law, including human rights law.
Unfortunately, certain countries have been exploiting the noble ideals and spirit of the Universal Declaration in pursuit of their momentary political and economic goals these days.
Freedom of speech has been used for justifying unrelenting attempts to revise the outcomes of World War II, justify the disastrous Nazi ideology, while casting Hitler’s followers and collaborationists as heroes. They have been referring to the principle of freedom from torture for interfering in the domestic affairs of sovereign states, while appealing to the freedom from discrimination for imposing neoliberal values as the one and only pillar of the world order.
?? This way of exploiting human rights as a tool for pursuing vested interests is unacceptable.
We believe that we must do everything we can to counter fraudulent attempts to assert lopsided interpretations of the fundamental human rights documents.
?? We call for working together on the human rights agenda by strictly following existing, time-tested and universally recognised international principles and norms while taking into account the historical, cultural and religious context in any given country.
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