CREATING HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
How Augustine Brian, who was abused by police in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, transformed his attackers into human rights advocates.
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BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS INTO A JUNGLE OF CRIME
How thousands of Colombian jungle soldiers are learning the 30 articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from their peers in the habitat they know best.
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HUMAN RIGHTS FROM THE TOP DOWN IN NIGERIA
Raymond Onwualo is taking on the ultimate human rights challenge: the Nigerian military.
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YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SPOTLIGHTED IN ATLANTA
Youth for Human Rights program plays an important role in Atlanta’s legacy of freedom.
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FACTS
THIS YEAR’S STORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The “who,” “how” and “how many” we’ve educated in the last 12 months.
196
COUNTRIES
from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe had our materials sent to their citizens in the last year.
45,327,253
PEOPLE
digested news on United or Youth for Human Rights via print or broadcast media.
266
STATIONS
have aired our human rights PSAs or The Story of Human Rights to an estimated 93 million people.
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A basic introduction to human rights, this booklet outlines their development through history, up to the present day. It also introduces the world’s most important human rights documents and includes the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.