| UNITED STATES |
Charged with preparing students to be citizens of a diverse democracy, social studies teachers rely on United for Human Rights.
| INDIA |
In Mumbai, students transform into proud advocates after learning their basic rights.
| INTERNATIONAL |
The 12th annual International Human Rights Summit began with a flourish of flags and 43 young people representing 33 nations in a procession signaling the start of the three-day Summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
| PHILIPPINES |
The legacy of martial law and suppressed freedom of speech and other basic rights under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos still lives today in the island nation.
| INTERNATIONAL |
Eighty five percent of Youth for Human Rights and Bringing Human Rights to Life Education Packages are ordered by school and university educators.
| BANGLADESH |
A law student at the University of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh looked for the answer to how to rally the people of his country to demand a change.
| GUATEMALA |
The Human Rights Attorney General Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United for Human Rights to expand the program’s implementation within every branch of the military and throughout all of Guatemala.
| UNITED STATES |
UHR assists individuals, educators, organizations and governmental bodies in all parts of the world to raise awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
| MOUNT EVEREST |
Italian alpine climber Daniele Nardi is one of an elite group who have made it to the summit of five of the 14 highest mountains on Earth, the “eight-thousanders” as they are known because they rise above 8,000 meters (26,200 feet). His mountaineering conquests include reaching the summit of the two tallest peaks: Mount Everest and the notoriously dangerous K2.
| OTTAWA, CANADA |
Human rights education is implemented in modern school systems to bring an end to bullying and other conflicts of contemporary life in North America. Following are excerpts from the reports of two teachers using the Youth for Human Rights program in their classrooms.
