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MARGAO
School students joined hands with citizens to form a human chain around the Margao Municipal garden to mark World Human Rights Day on Monday.
Members of the International Human Rights Association later read out the 30 fundamental rights as
declared by the Universal declaration of Human rights at the Lohia Maidan to commemorate the day.
Speaking on the occasion, educationist and award winning cartoonist, Prof Smitha Bhandare Kamat said that children are the most vulnerable section of society on human rights violation, facing abuses in conflict areas and in war zones.
Prof Smitha has called of a more effective mechanism to implement human rights. She has called for screening of movies on human rights in educational institutions followed by debates and discussions amongst the students. Documentaries on human rights in schools will also go a long way in spreading awareness on human rights, she added.
She urged the next generation to create a ripple effect, to be the light to bring about a change for the entire generation that will follow.
Margao Municipal Chairperson Babita Prabhudesai, well known medical practitioner and human rights activist Dr Jorson Fernandes along with International Human Rights Association president Navnath Khandeparkar also spoke.
