HUMAN RIGHTS – THE

BASICS
 DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS

• WHAT IS A HUMAN RIGHT?

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 DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS

• A “RIGHT” IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO

FOR PROTECTION, PEACE, AND THE ABILITY TO LIVE
FREELY IN SOCIETY.
• A “HUMAN RIGHT” IS A RIGHT THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED
TO SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN – THESE
RIGHTS BELONG TO EVERYONE, AND ARE UNIVERSAL
 UNIVERSAL

• WHEN SOMETHING IS UNIVERSAL – IT

APPLIES TO EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE –
THAT MEANS THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU
GO OR WHERE YOU LIVE, THESE RIGHTS
APPLY TO YOU.
 MORALS

• HUMAN RIGHTS EXIST BECAUSE THEY ARE “MORAL”

• WHEN SOMETHING IS MORAL – IT MEANS THAT IT IS THE RIGHT THING

TO DO.

• WE HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO – IS

POSITIVE/ GOOD FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
 DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS

• EVERY PERSON IS ENTITLED TO CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL

RIGHTS, SIMPLY BY THE FACT OF BEING HUMAN. THESE
ARE CALLED “HUMAN RIGHTS” RATHER THAN A PRIVILEGE
(WHICH CAN BE TAKEN AWAY AT SOMEONE’S WHIM).
• THEY ARE “RIGHTS” BECAUSE THEY ARE THINGS YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO BE, TO DO OR TO HAVE. THESE RIGHTS ARE
THERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT WANT TO HARM OR HURT YOU. THEY ARE ALSO
THERE TO HELP US GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER AND
LIVE IN PEACE.
 HUMAN RIGHTS

• THERE ARE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ARE

CLASSIFIED BY THE UNITED NATIONS .

HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME?

(PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
KNOW ONE)
 THE UNITED NATIONS

• THE UNITED NATIONS IS AN INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATION THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING
PEACE AND ORDER IN THE WORLD
• MADE UP OF 193 MEMBER STATES WORLDWIDE
• IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS,
HUMANITARIAN AID , AND PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
• IS THE MAIN GLOBAL ORGANIZATION THAT COUNTRIES
REFER TO/ BELONG TO
• LOCATED IN NEW YORK, USA
 THE UNITED NATIONS

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=1CQ
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 THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
• THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) CAME INTO BEING IN 1945, SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF
WORLD WAR II.
• THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE UN IS TO BRING PEACE TO ALL NATIONS OF THE
WORLD. AFTER WORLD WAR II, A COMMITTEE OF PERSONS HEADED BY MRS.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, THE WIFE OF US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
WROTE A SPECIAL DOCUMENT WHICH “DECLARES” THE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE IN
THE ENTIRE WORLD SHOULD HAVE—THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS. TODAY THERE ARE 192 MEMBER STATES OF THE UN, ALL OF WHOM HAVE
SIGNED ON IN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS.
 THE UNITED NATIONS
DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
• ALSO KNOWN AS “UNDHR”
• DESCRIBES 30 OF OUR MOST BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS
• WAS CREATED IN 1948 BY THE UNITED NATIONS
• CANNOT BE CHANGED – IT IS A SET DOCUMENT
THAT CANNOT BE TAMPERED WITH
• ALL 193 MEMBER STATES HAVE AGREED TO
ADOPT THIS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
 HONOURING HUMAN RIGHTS

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Everyone must Each society has a

vision of how their
Human rights are
followed by most
Honour people should live countries because it
together – This is
everyone else’s known as a moral aligns with their
human rights.   vision. moral vision
 ACTIVITY- HUMAN RIGHTS WORD WALL
• I WOULD LIKE EACH OF YOU TO DRAW A
NUMBER OUT OF MY HAT – YOU WILL BE GIVEN
A NUMBER OF A HUMAN RIGHT
• YOU WILL THEN READ ABOUT YOUR HUMAN
RIGHT ( SEE HANDOUT) AND DO SOME
RESEARCH TO DRAW A POSTER FOR YOUR RIGHT
• PLEASE INCLUDE:
• NUMBER OF THE RIGHT
• THE TERMS/ DEFINITION OF THE RIGHT
• A DRAWING OF WHAT YOUR RIGHT
REPRESENTS