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Holiday observed on 1 March
Zero Discrimination Day
is an annual day celebrated on 1 March each year by the
United Nations
(UN) and other international organizations. The day aims to promote
equality before the law
and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN. It was first celebrated on March 1, 2014, and was launched by
UNAIDS
' executive director Michel Sidibe on 27 February that year with a major event in
Beijing
.
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In February 2017, UNAIDS called on people to "make some noise around zero discrimination, to speak up and prevent discrimination from standing in the way of achieving ambitions, goals and dreams".
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The day is particularly noted by organizations like UNAIDS that combat discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. "HIV related
stigma
and discrimination is pervasive and exists in almost every part of the world including our Liberia," according to Dr. Ivan F. Camanor, chairman of the National AIDS Commission of Liberia.
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The
UN Development Programme
also paid tribute in 2017 to LGBTI people with HIV/AIDS who face discrimination.
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Campaigners in India have used this day to speak out against laws making discrimination against the LGBTI community more likely, especially during the previous campaign to repeal the law (
Indian Penal Code, s377
[5]
) that used to criminalize homosexuality in that country, before that law was overturned by the Indian Supreme Court in September 2018.
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In 2015, Armenian Americans in California held a "die-in" on Zero Discrimination Day to remember the victims of the
Armenian genocide
.
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