MS Arts - Human Rights: Human Rights

The purpose of YHRI is to teach youth about human rights, specifically the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace. YHRI has now grown into a global movement, including hundreds of groups, clubs and chapters around the world.

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) provides aid to children all over the world.

The devastation of World War II sparked an international desire for peace. It also encouraged the creation of a system of principles that could ensure the protection of basic human rights and dignity. Eleanor Roosevelt, the widow of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was one of the first American delegates to the United Nations. A longtime activist on behalf of minorities, women, workers, and refugees, Roosevelt became the chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights. She worked with a small group of representatives from countries around the world to define the most essential universal rights and establish them in an official document. On December 10, 1948, she urged the United Nations General Assembly to approve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Children report on children's rights.

Choose a human rights case study from around the world.

Important info you should know about human rights in Australia and the world.

UCLA’s World Policy Analysis Center publishes comprehensive analysis of children’s rights in 190 countries around the world.

"The Human Rights 101 Web site organizes a lot of the stuff you need to get active locally in international human rights..."