Let us common citizens take the word and the initiative
Temporary exhibition
Let us common citizens take the word and the initiative
From January 3 to April 28, 2024
(Original closing date was March 31.)
More information para info@museudodinheiro.pt or +351 213 213 240
The Money Museum joins the José Saramago Foundation, in partnership with the OEI (Organisation of Ibero-American States) and opens an exhibition that aims to increase knowledge of the Declaration of Human Duties, a project initiated by the José Saramago Foundation. An exhibition associated with the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of José Saramago being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Declaration of Human Duties is a civic document that asserts the importance of citizens in building a better society protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and which was born of the will of José Saramago and expressed in his speech at the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December 1998 in Stockholm.
“Let us common citizens therefore speak up. With the same vehemence as when we demanded our rights, let us demand responsibility over our duties. Perhaps the world could turn a little better.” said José Saramago at the time.
It was not until 2015 that several dozen experts from different backgrounds gathered in Mexico, invited by the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the José Saramago Foundation, to draft a Declaration of Human Duties, then taken to the United Nations in 2018 and delivered by hand to its Secretary-General, António Guterres.
The José Saramago Foundation wants this declaration to be debated, circulated around the world and ultimately put into practice.
To do this, an exhibition that you can now see at the Money Museum was created, as well as a webpage (https://declarationhumanduties.org/) where you can read the declaration accompanied by photographs by Gervasio Sánchez.
Temporary exhibition
Let us common citizens take the word and the initiative
From January 3 to April 28, 2024
(Original closing date was March 31.)
More information para info@museudodinheiro.pt or +351 213 213 240
The Money Museum joins the José Saramago Foundation, in partnership with the OEI (Organisation of Ibero-American States) and opens an exhibition that aims to increase knowledge of the Declaration of Human Duties, a project initiated by the José Saramago Foundation. An exhibition associated with the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of José Saramago being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Declaration of Human Duties is a civic document that asserts the importance of citizens in building a better society protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and which was born of the will of José Saramago and expressed in his speech at the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December 1998 in Stockholm.
“Let us common citizens therefore speak up. With the same vehemence as when we demanded our rights, let us demand responsibility over our duties. Perhaps the world could turn a little better.” said José Saramago at the time.
It was not until 2015 that several dozen experts from different backgrounds gathered in Mexico, invited by the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the José Saramago Foundation, to draft a Declaration of Human Duties, then taken to the United Nations in 2018 and delivered by hand to its Secretary-General, António Guterres.
The José Saramago Foundation wants this declaration to be debated, circulated around the world and ultimately put into practice.
To do this, an exhibition that you can now see at the Money Museum was created, as well as a webpage (https://declarationhumanduties.org/) where you can read the declaration accompanied by photographs by Gervasio Sánchez.