Name: PITOGO CHANIE B.

Date: December 1, 2020

Year & Course: BSED SCIENCE 1B NIGHT

Activities on United Nations

A. Human Rights Collage Materials Needed: Newspapers, magazines,
tape or glue, scissors, flip chart paper or art paper, a copy of UDHR

Procedure: This activity can be used as a tool in identifying how

human rights are violated and assess whether or not these violations
are taking place in your community. Read through the UDHR. Cut out
pictures and articles (collected newspapers/magazines/website
readings that represent where you believe people’s rights are being
upheld and where they are being violated. Make a collage out of what
you find. Showcase at least 4 examples of where human rights were
upheld or violated, and which article of the UDHR they referred to.
Take a screenshot of your collage and send it to your instructor.
B. Are
these

human rights violations? Decide if the following statements

describe a human rights violation. If there is a human rights
breach, decide whether it is covered in the European Convention
on Human Rights.

1. Before class starts, the teacher says, “You can’t pray in school”.
 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9)
2. A child in the family goes to sleep hungry because the parents
have no money to buy food.
 The right to life (Article 2)
3. A woman receives poor education in her secondary school and is
rejected for every job she applies for.
 The right to education (Protocol 1, Article 2)
4. A political party refuses to allow a woman to stand as their
candidate for an election when they discover that she is a lesbian.
 The right to participate in free elections (Protocol 1,
Article 3)
5. A Waray student speaks Waray to another student. The principal
tells the students that only English can be spoken in the school.
 Freedom of expression (Article 10)
6. A woman is ill and is refused an operation because the health
authority has only enough money to perform one operation and
chooses a woman much younger.
 The right to life (Article 2)
7. A victim gives a statement to a police officer who then disregards it
because the victim is a relative of the accused.
 The right to a fair trial ( Article 6)
8. A man who has served 10 years in prison for possessing
explosives is refused a job in a bank.
 The right not to be discriminated against in respect of
these rights (Article 14)
9. A newspaper is not allowed to publish the method of making a
bomb.
 Freedom of assembly (Article 11)
10. A police officer arrests a man, who physically resists and yells
abuse at the officer. The police officer handcuffs him and then hits
him three times with his police baton.
 Freedom from torture (Article 3)