Subject of the commemorative coin:
 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 Description of the design:
 The inner part of the coin depicts a man and a woman holding an olive branch, an ear of wheat, a cogwheel and barbed wire, symbolising the rights to peace, food, work and freedom. The figure ‘60°’ is also depicted in the form of a chain made of broken rings. In the centre are the initials ‘RI’ of the issuing country, on the left the year 2008, on the right the initials ‘MCC’ of the designer Maria Carmela Colaneri and the mint mark ‘R’ and below a cartouche with the inscription ‘DIRITTI UMANI’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European Union.