Given that commemorative days drive an immense amount of interest on Twitter, we thought we would compile a list of them - which, we must say, is by no means comprehensive!
But they go some way to showing the array of different commemorations, which can play a big role in the way Committees spread the word about their work - evidence by the way that the Joint Committee on Human Rights capitalised on #HumanRightsDay.
January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust – 27th January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 3rd Monday of January
Street Children's Day – 31st January
February
World Cancer Day – 4th February
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation – 6th February
International Day of Women and Girls in Science – 11th February
Darwin Day – 12th February
World Day of Social Justice – 20th February
March
Mother’s Day – 4th Sunday in Lent – 6th March (2016), 26th March (2017), 11th March (2018)
World Wildlife Day – 3rd March
International Women's Day – 8th March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21st March
International Day of Forests, World Down Syndrome Day – 21st March
World Water Day – 22nd March
World Meteorological Day – 23rd March
World Tuberculosis Day – 24th March
International Transgender Day of Visibility – 31st March
April
World Autism Awareness Day - 2nd April
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace – 6th April
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide – 7th April
World Health Day – 7th April
International Day of Human Space Flight – 12th April
World Malaria Day – 25th April
World Intellectual Property Day – 26th April
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare – 29th April
May
May Day, International Workers' Day – 1st May
World Press Freedom Day – 3rd May
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War – 8th - 9th May
Europe Day – 9th May
Global Day of Citizen Action – 14th May
International Day of Families – 15th May
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – 17th May
International Day for Biological Diversity – 22nd May
World AIDS Vaccine Day, International AIDS Candlelight Memorial – 18th May
International Museum Day – 18th May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – 21st May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers – 29th May
World Asthma Day – 1st Tuesday in May
World Fair Trade Day – 1st Saturday in May
June
Father’s Day – 3rd Sunday in June
Global Day of Parents – 1st June
International Children’s Day – 1st June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression – 4th June
World Environment Day – 5th June
World Oceans Day – 8th June
World Day Against Child Labour – 12th June
World Blood Donor Day – 14th June
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – 17th June
Autistic Pride Day – 18th June
World Refugee Day – 20th June
World Music Day – 21st June
International Widow’s Day – 23rd June
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26th June
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26th June
July
World Population Day – 11th July
World Youth Skills Day – 15th July
World Day for International Justice – 17th July
World Hepatitis Day – 28th July
World Day against Trafficking in Persons – 30th July
August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – 9th August
International Youth Day – 12th August
World Humanitarian Day – 19th August
International Day Against Nuclear Tests – 29th August
International Day of the Disappeared – 30th August
September
World Maritime Day – Last Thursday in September
International Day of Charity – 5th September
International Literacy Day – 8th September
World Suicide Prevention Day – 10th September
International Day of Democracy – 15th September
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – 16th September
International Day of Peace – 21st September
European Day of Languages – 26th September
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – 26th September
World Tourism Day – 27th September
October
World Habitat Day – 1st Monday in October
World Sight Day – 2nd Thursday in October
International Day of Older Persons – 1st October
International Day of Non-Violence – 2nd October
World Animal Day – 4th October
World Teacher’s Day – 5th October
World Mental Health Day – 10th October
International Day of the Girl – 11th October
International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13th October
World Standards Day – 14th October
International Day of Rural Women – 15th October
Global Handwashing Day – 15th October
World Food Day – 16th October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17th October
World Statistics Day – 20th October
United Nations Day – 24th October
World Development Information Day – 24th October
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – 27th October
World Stroke Day – 29th October
World Cities Day – 31st October
November
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – 3rd Sunday in November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict – 6th November
International Day of Radiology – 8th November
World Science Day for Peace and Development – 10th November
Remembrance Day – 11th November
World Pneumonia Day – 12th November
World Diabetes Day – 14th November
International Day for Tolerance – 16th November
International Students Day – 17th November
International Men’s Day – 19th November
World Toilet Day – 19th November
Transgender Day of Remembrance – 20th November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25th November
December
World AIDS Day – 1st December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery – 2nd
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3rd December
World Soil Day – 5th December
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development – 5th December
International Anti-Corruption Day – 9th December
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of this Crime – 9th December
Human Rights Day – 10th December
International Migrants Day – 18th December
International Human Solidarity Day – 20th December
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