International Nelson Mandela Day: Things to know about the anti-apartheid leader
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Nelson Mandela International Day
Nelson Mandela International Day is annually celebrated on the 18th of July, in honour of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black and democratically elected President. He was born in Transkei, South Africa in 1918.
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November 2009
The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
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Issues related to prisons
In 2015, the UN General Assembly expanded the scope of Nelson Mandela International Day and made issues related to prisons and prisoners the key focus on the day.
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Nelson Mandela Rules
The intergovernmental organisation even devised the 'Nelson Mandela Rules', which underlined the norms for the treatment of prisoners. The rules were named after him because Mandela had himself spent 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid efforts.
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Equal opportunities for all
A human rights lawyer, Mandela, also played the role of an international peacemaker. He also dedicated his life to empowering people and fighting for the fundamental rights of all human beings.
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Gandhi of South Africa
He has been decorated with more than 250 awards, including the esteemed Nobel Prize and Bharat Ratna. Also known as the 'Gandhi of South Africa', Nelson Mandela also shared a special bond with India and was a strong follower of Gandhi's teachings