The Declaration of Human Rights.
What are Human Rights?
Human rights are the rights and freedoms that we all have.
Some human rights are based on our physical needs:
the right to life, food, shelter
the right to life, food, shelter
Other human rights protect us:
The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.
The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.
Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential:
The right to education, to work, to participate in your community.
The right to education, to work, to participate in your community.
Everybody has human rights it doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of others just as they have a duty to respect yours. NOBODY CAN TAKE YOUR RIGHT AWAY
Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the UN was set up.
What is the UN?
© The UN is an international organisation that was established in 1945 the year the Second World War ended.
© Its founded hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the holocaust from happening in the future.
© So promoting human rights became an aim of the UN, along with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.
The Universal Declaration of Human rights(UDHR)
The UN universal declaration of human rights is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 Human Rights.
The people who wrote it came from Australia, Chilie, China, France, Lebanon and many more countries.