The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated every year on  October 17 throughout the world. The first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France, in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered on the Human Rights and Liberties Plaza at the Trocadero to honour victims of poverty, hunger, and fear at the unveiling of a commemorative stone by  Father Joseph Wresinski, founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.