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Aaron Carson, Vice President of Youth for Human Rights DC chapter enjoys instructing youth in faculties about their human rights
Free booklet exhibiting the 30 rights in youth settings
Youth marching on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, to advertise human rights
Youth for Human Rights affords free materials to fill the knowledge hole on what human rights are as delineated in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
— Student at Youth for Human Rights Summer Seminar Series
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — December is Human Rights Month with December tenth honored as Human Rights Day by the United Nations.
Immediately following the atrocities of WWII, the newly fashioned United Nations Human Rights Commission, beneath the chairmanship of Eleanor Roosevelt, then U.S. delegate to the UN, noticed to the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which delineated the thirty elementary rights that type the premise for a free and honest society. On December 10, 1948, it was formally adopted by the United Nations with the intention of the governments and other people of all nations utilizing it as a instrument to scale back violence and discrimination and to assist uphold the dignity and rights of mankind.
As monumental as that was, in the present day few folks can title even just a few of their thirty elementary human rights.
To resolve this drawback, quick movies have been created by Youth for Human Rights International to simply educate every of the 30 rights assured beneath the UDHR.
With solely a short while till the celebration and occasions honoring the 74th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, you may quickly study your rights by signing in day by day and studying what all 30 rights are in simply 30 minutes.
The Youth for Human Rights group in Washington, DC, is urging folks to get educated and create occasions or actions in their communities to honor the upcoming human rights month and day and educate others.
Youth for Human Rights is a nonprofit group whose mission is to show youth and adults about human rights, particularly the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to encourage them to develop into precious advocates for tolerance and peace.
Youth for Human Rights advocates for human rights training each in the classroom and in nontraditional educational settings, akin to via artwork contests, concert events and different interactive group occasions, together with regional and worldwide human rights summits which convey youth collectively from throughout complete sectors of the world.
In Washington, DC, Youth for Human Rights hosts on-line occasions, seminars, and on-line coaching to assist unfold the message of tolerance and peace via worldwide occasions with folks of all ages.
At the core of its marketing campaign is the informational “The Story of Human Rights” and “What Are Human Rights?” booklets, introducing youth and adults the 30 rights in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, illustrated in easy and clear language. They are offered free of cost to hundreds of thousands of individuals world wide and can be found in 17 languages at https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/introduction.html.
Online coaching has been accomplished with youth and adults utilizing these materials. Participants in the coaching have been in a position to additional focus on the person parts associated to the human rights being coated. The occasions are good for preteens to seniors, educators, and fogeys – anybody eager to study extra about human rights. Indeed, one pupil who attended commented on the finish of a seminar, “I am learning about rights I never knew I had! These are rights I now know about and can fight to protect.”
To elevate consciousness of the necessity for human rights, the Youth for Human Rights DC Chapter is holding a march for Human Rights on December tenth and is asking different teams to do comparable actions to advertise and educate the UN Declaration.
Beth Akiyama
Youth for Human Rights International – National Office
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