Project Due Date: ___________________________
Human Rights Project
- 1.5 Billion people must get by on less than $1 a day
- In South Asia, half of all children under the age of 5 are malnourished
- Only a third of the people in sub-Saharan Africa are likely to live past the age of 40
What is the United Nations
Created on October 24, 1945. The anniversary each year is “United Nations Day.” It’s purposes are…
o To maintain international peace and security;
o To develop friendly relations among nations;
o To cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and
promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
o And to be centre for harmonizing the actions and nations in attaining these ends
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted by the General Assembly in 1948
Since then, the United Nations has gradually expanded human rights law to encompass specific standards for…
o Women
o Children
o Disabled persons
o Minorities
o Migrant workers
o And other vulnerable groups, who now posses rights that protect them from discriminatory practices that
had long been common in many societies
Basic Fundamentals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The right to life liberty and the right of security of person
The right to an education
The right to employment, paid holidays, protection against unemployment, and social security
The right to participate fully in cultural life
Freedom from torture or cruel, inhumane treatment or punishment
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Freedom of expression and opinion
Directions
The basis for this project is to understand the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that the UN created in 1948. Each
student will be assigned one of the 30 articles of the declaration (see article page). You must research its meaning and
determine how/what the United States does with that human right. You also must research one other country (you get to
choose which other country to research) and find out how/what they do when it comes to human rights. The one thing that
you are to explain and gain an understanding for is how there is a difference between these guidelines (the UDHR) and the
actual laws of the countries around the world. You will demonstrate this by creating a poster and an essay
Poster - The poster will graphically depict the article without using words covering the article you have been
assigned. Draw and/or paste newspaper, magazine, internet pictures to graphically display the article. You can use the # of
their article and highlight it in that way. Try to capture the essence of what your article is about.
Essay – Your essay is to explain the article. Have your thesis statement underlined. In your essay look how the
article is being practiced in the US and worldwide. Give examples. Your essay will be 1 page, typed, Times New Roman,
12 Font, 1 inch margin all around, single spaced.
Human Rights Project Rubric
_____ / 100 Points Posterboard
_____/ 60 Points Essay
_____/ 40 Points Artistic flair/neatness/ creativity
_____/ 200 Final Score
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Articles
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as
race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the
country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other
limitation of sovereignty
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person
Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Article 7.
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled
to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such
discrimination
Article 8.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental
rights granted him by the constitution or by law
Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
Article 10.
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the
determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him
Article 11.
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law
in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal
offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be
imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Article 12.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks
upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts
contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations
Article 15.
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality
Article 16.
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and
to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the
State
Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property
Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his
religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his
religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Article 20.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association
Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen
representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and
genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free
voting procedures
Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort
and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic,
social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to
protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an
existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with
pay
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family,
including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event
of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his
control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of
wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection
Article 26.
(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
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in
scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or
artistic production of which he is the author
Article 28.
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration
can be fully realized
Article 29.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by
law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of
meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United
Nations.
Article 30.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any
activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein
