Human rights, made visible
We turn the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into a living, collective act of remembrance.
An international tattoo project for human rights
Tattoo Foundation
We are one body
Ink is
memory.
Memory is
power.
Stichting Human Rights Tattoo Foundation INC. is building the world's largest tattooed conversation about human rights — one letter, one person, one story at a time.
Discover the movement
The archive
One tattoo for every article of the Universal Declaration.
2012
01 / The project
A declaration
on skin.
The Human Rights Tattoo is a traveling work of art that makes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights impossible to ignore.
Tattoo artists around the world each ink one letter from the declaration onto a new person. Together, these bodies form a global chain — a permanent reminder that rights belong to everyone.
Bring the project to your city02 / What moves us
Permanent
solidarity.
A network of artists, participants, and allies keeping human rights in the public imagination.
A body of solidarity
Every tattoo connects people across borders, generations, and lived experiences.
Always in motion
Our archive grows wherever artists and communities gather to stand together.
03 / Connect
Make rights
visible.
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