10TH DECEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1. READ THE 30 HUMAN RIIGHTS

 1. We Are All Born Free and Equal

 2. Don’t Discriminate
 3. The Right to Life
 4. No Slavery
 5. No Torture
 6. You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go
 7. We’re All Equal Before the Law
 8. Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law
 9. No Unfair Detainment
 10. The Right to Trial
 11. We’re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty
 12. The Right to Privacy
 13. Freedom to Move
 14. The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live
 15. Right to a Nationality
 16. Marriage and Family
 17. The Right to Your Own Things
 18. Freedom of Thought
 19. Freedom of Expression
 20. The Right to Public Assembly
 21. The Right to Democracy
 22. Social Security
 23. Workers’ Rights
 24. The Right to Play
 25. Food and Shelter for All
 26. The Right to Education
 27. Copyright
 28. A Fair and Free World
 29. Responsibility
 30. No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights

2. THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION

a) Watch video 26. The Right to Education

a. Can you explain the story it displays?
b. In teams of 3 write a definition for this human right

b) MEMORY GAME. Read carefully in such a way that you can remember the
most specific words.
 Article 26. THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION

 (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in
the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be
compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally
available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of
merit.
 (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human
personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all
nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United
Nations for the maintenance of peace.
 (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be
given to their children.

WORK IN TEAMS TO COMPLETE THE TEXT

Article 26.

 (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education --------------- be free, at

least in the elementary and fundamental --------------------------. Elementary

education shall be --------------------------. Technical and professional education shall

be made generally -------------------------- and higher education shall be equally

------------------------------- to all on the basis of merit.

 (2) Education shall be directed to the full ----------------------------- of the human

personality and to the strengthening of ----------------------------- for human rights and

fundamental ----------------------. It shall promote understanding, --------------------------

and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the

activities of the ------------------------------------------ for the maintenance of

---------------.

 (3) Parents have a prior ----------------------- to choose the ---------------------- of

education that shall be -------------------------- to their children.

3. TEAM WORK

a) Choose one of the rights and try to explain them in your own words. Complete your
ideas using the videos provided in http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-
human-rights/videos/born-free-and-equal.html

b) Is it similar to the IHR definition? How is it different? Add the new information to
your own definition. (http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a1)

c) Design a sequence of 3 activities for a group of people (children, teenagers,

women, immigrants, the elderly, inmates …) basing one of the articles. Don’t forget to
include:

 Age or level
 Aim (objective: to understand…, to respect…, to elaborate …)
 Group arrangement (individually, whole group, team)
 Time length (dates and time)
 Place
 Material
 Description of the activities
 Session discourse (What will you say in English?)