The Year in Rights - 2023 Quiz

 
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As we round off an eventful year for human rights,
lets see how much you remember from 2023!
 
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As we round off an eventful year for human rights,
lets see how much you remember from 2023!
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Following sweeping protests for women’s rights in Iran in 2022 and 2023, what issue today remains central to the movement? 

Access to employment
Access to education
Access to healthcare
All of the above
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Human Rights Watch turned 45 this year. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights also celebrated a milestone birthday – how old is it? 

12
45
75
150
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Which country failed in its efforts to join the UN Human Rights Council in October of this year? 

Russia
China
Rwanda
Israel
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When examining the case of a Nepali citizen and their same-sex foreign spouse in May, the Nepali Supreme Court ordered the government to: 

Pay for the wedding
Recognise the marriage
Annul the marriage
Deport the spouse
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In November, the International Court of Justice ordered Syria to stop violating which international convention? 
Convention Against Torture
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Fourth Geneva Convention
Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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The Spanish government passed a comprehensive law in February to expand protections for LGBTI people. What did it include? 
Strengthening sexuality education
Banning unnecessary, “normalizing” surgeries for intersex children
Recognising unmarried same-sex parents
All of the above
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In 2023, a record number of Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps were able to receive a formal education. How many children were enrolled in 2023? (Hint: in 2021, the number was 10,000.) 
50,000
75,000
150,000
300,000
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Which of the following pairs of countries endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration this year, bringing the total number of signatories to 118? 
Australia and Guyana
Armenia and Gabon
Algeria and Guinea
Argentina and Georgia
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What did the US states of Connecticut, Vermont, and Michigan ban this year? 
Life sentences for child offenders
Unpaid child labour
Child marriage
All of the above
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In September, which country’s Supreme Court ordered the elimination of federal criminal penalties for abortion by the end of the year? 
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
The Federated States of Micronesia
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In December of this year, Peru destroyed its stockpile of what type of weapon? It was the last country to do so out of 112 signatories to a 2008 convention. 
Cluster munitions
Nerve gas
Incendiary ammunition
Laser weapons
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