The United Nations

United Nations, the Declaration of Human Rights

Human Rights

Necessity that all people should have access to:

·        Fair pay

·        Food

·        Water

·        Shelter

What are human Rights?

Human Rights are the rights and freedoms we all should have.

·        Some human rights are based on our physical needs.

o   The right to live. To food. To shelter.

·        Other human rights protect us.

o   The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.

·        Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential.

o   The right to education. To work. To participate in your community.

Everybody deserves human rights no matter of their race, nationality, language or religion. You have the duty to respect the rights of others, just as they have the duty to respect yours. Nobody can take your rights away.

Why do Human Rights Matter to Me?

In the UK:

·        One Child in 3 is poor

·        One child in 4 is physically abused

·        One child in 7 does not have a proper home

It is vital that all young people know their rights!

Where do Rights Come From?

Human Rights are based on the values of:

·        Dignity – self respect

·        Justice – fairness/legal system

·        Respect – for others and their differences

·        Equality – equal treatment/justice

Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the United Nations was set up.

What is the United Nations?

·        The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation that was established in 1945, the year the Second World War ended.

·        Its founders hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the Holocaust from happening in the future.

·        So promoting human rights become and aim of the UN, along with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 human rights.

According to the UDHR you have the rights to:

Who Wrote the UDHR?

The writers of the UDHR came from Australia, Chile, China, France, Lebanon, the former Soviet Union, the UK and the US.

The Power of One

The Power of One

Brief Summary of the movie:

The movie is about the incredible, moving story about a young boy, PK, who endured hardship and much adversity in order to do what he thought was right. The movie is set in South Africa, between the 1930s to 1950s, a time when black people and white people were treated differently and not as equals. PK goes through much adversity, losing his mother, going to boarding school and being harshly mistreated for being English, going to prison with a friend as the friend did not sign up as a soldier in the war, losing a good friend and teacher, losing a lover for trying to make things right, having his refuge because he ‘mixed’ with other races and losing many of his great friends and acquaintances along the way. PK did not believe there was a difference between blacks and whites and he spent most of his time with the good natured native, dark skinned South Africans.  The movie explores the themes of racism, self realisation, oppression, power and leadership and can be quite confronting and moving to the audience.

So many terrible things that happened to the main character, PK, it made me realise that problems in my life which seem huge and are actually tiny compared to what some people have been through or are going through. One of the interesting scenes was when PK was trying to teach the black people English, it started off well until the German soldiers found out and came into the school and confronted one of the teachers, ordering the school to stop letting these lessons run. The teachers and  scholars had no power over the soldiers, no one did, whatever the soldiers demanded they got, no matter how wrong or cruel.