“Hindi nakakain ang human rights pero parang pagkain, hindi ligtas ang ating mga buhay kung wala nito.
What do people need to live with dignity? Adequate food, decent jobs and livelihoods, and access to basic services such as housing, water, electricity, health care, education, and transportation. Lahat ng ito ay karapatang pantao. Karapatan ng bawat isa sa atin.
Tungkulin ng estado na itaguyod, pangalagaan, at bigyang-buhay ang mga karapatang pantaong ito.
As this year’s celebration focuses on youth standing up for human rights, we are reminded of these young voices — the young people of Hong Kong, Greta Thunberg, and our very own Vico Sotto — often at the forefront of advocating issues such as equal rights, sustainable future, jobs, and fundamental freedoms to speech, assembly, and association.
Ang masigasig at malikhaing sigla ng kabataang Pilipino at sa buong mundo ay nangungusap sa kanilang kakayahang mapagbuti ang sangkatauhan.
Nakikita nila ang isang mundong punung-puno ng posibilidad at handa silang kumilos agad. Busugin natin kabataan ng mga karapatang kailangan tinatamasa para maabot ang kanilang mga pangarap.”
