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World Consumer Rights Day
This day was first observed on 15 March 1983, two decades after US President JF Kennedy took steps to implement the revolutionary notion of rights for consumers.
“Consumers, by definition, include us all,” he told the US Congress in 1962. “They are the largest economic group in the economy, affecting and affected by almost every public economic decision… But they are the only important group … whose views are often not heard.”
Kennedy’s Consumers’ Bill of Rights included the right to:
- Safety
- Information
- Choice
- Representation
Later, four more consumer rights were added as a result of the campaign of the world consumer movement:
- Redress
- Consumer education
- Satisfaction of basic needs
- A healthy environment
These now comprise the eight main consumer rights recognised by the United Nations and all its member countries.
Below is all the information from all the years datind back since 2000
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