BORN FREE

THE RIGHT TO LIFE, FREEDOM AND

SAFETY
 CLASS RULES

• If you want to speak in class, raise your hand and wait until
you have the Talking Stick. When you finish, you hand the
Talking Stick back to the facilitator or someone else whose
hand is raise to speak. We’re going to use the Talking Stick
here in our class so that everyone has a chance to speak, and
we don’t all talk at the same time.
 REMEMBER

• Listening: Only one person will speak at a time. Raise your

hand and wait for Talking Stick.
• Respectful Language. We will only use words that are not mean
or disrespectful of other’s feelings.
• Following: We will listen carefully when the facilitator is
speaking and follow directions.
 yes no
1. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THE UNITED
NATIONS?
• Raise your hand if you have. (count the
hands
• Raise your hand if you have NOT heard of
the United Nations (Count the hands)
2. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
• Raise your hand if you have. (count the
hands
• Raise your hand if you have NOT heard of
the Human Rights(Count the hands
3. DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANY HUMAN
RIGHTS?
• Raise your ahnd if you think you do.
• Raise your hand if you don’t think you have
human rights.

4. CAN ANYONE TELL ME ANY HUMAN RIGHTS

YOU THINK YOU HAVE?
 THIS LITTLE
LIGHT OF MINE
This little LIGHT of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,
This litthe light of MINE, I’m gonna let it shine,
This little light of mine, I’m GONNA let it shine,
Let it shine, let it shine, let it SHINE!
 SHORT STORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• Lots of people wanted to help, but even more than that they wanted
an assurance that the hatred and violence that occurred between
people and government would never happen again.
• So the leaders of 53 countries came together and created group hose
main purpose was to help humanity live and work together for
everyone’s benefit
• This group is now called the United Nations or the UN. One off its first
tasks was to declare the value of every person on earth to the whole
world.
UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
IT IS ALSO C ALLED THE LAW OF TH E
WORLD
PREAMBLE

The universal Declaration has 30 different rights

or rules or articles, The beginning of the
declaration is called the
The inherent dignity and the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the
human family are the foundations of FREEDOM,
JUSTICE, PEACE in the world.
INHERENT: an internal characteristics or feeling that every
person is born with. It’s inside you. You are born with it. Most of
us have an inherent desire for freedom.
EQUAL: something that is the same .Yu have the same rights as
everybody else.
INALIENABLE: cannot be taken away. Impossible to take away.
Even in countries where you can’t use them, everybody has
these rights, because they are inalienable. You still have them.
 You have the right to go to school
• The Right to Education and learn as much as you can.
You have a right to choose your
own religion or you have no religion
• The Right to Freedom and
at all. Your parents should help you
Religion or Belief.
decide about this
You have the right to live with your
• The Right to a Family. family or someone who cares for
you. You have the right to get
married when you grow up, and to
have a family of your own.
• The Right to Play.
• The Right to Life, Liberty and
Security.
• The Right to Freedom of
Expression.
• You have the right to relax and play
• You have the right to live and be free
and feel safe. Actions and decisions
that affect you should be based on
your best interests.
• You should have the right to share
information as long as it is not
damaging to you or others, and you
don’t say things that aren’t true.
• The Right to Protection You have the same rights as
Against Discrimination everyone else no matter what your
nationality or gender or religion or
color or language might be.
 WHY DO WE NEED HUMAN RIGHTS?

• Remember the three pillars:

To provide freedom and justice and peace throughout the world.
JOSEPHINE V. LIM
TEACHER PRESENTER