Youth for Human Rights 2006 World Tour Arrives ''Down
Under''
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| In meetings
with public officials in Sydney, the President of Youth for Human
Rights International presented the human rights curriculum and
educational materials the group has produced, to work out how it
can be implemented. |
In Sydney, Australia, the 26th stop of their 2006 World Tour,
Youth for Human Rights
International focused on the urgency of full implementation of
the right to education.
With UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization) reporting that "860 million adults are illiterate,
over 100 million children have no access to school, and countless
children, youth and adults who attend school or other education
programs fall short of the required level to be considered literate
in today's complex world" the right to education, as guaranteed by
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has even
more relevance today than when it was adopted in 1948. Without this
right, so many others, such as the rights to work and security
become unobtainable.
But the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is written in
legal terms — not something an 8-year-old child will be able to
read and understand. So for the past five years Youth for Human
Rights has been carrying out an international human rights
education campaign to make the provisions of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights understandable to everyone.
With kids getting most of their information from TV and the
Internet today, Youth for Human Rights International realized that
the best way to get these concepts across would be through the
medium of video. In partnership with the Church of Scientology
International, they have created 30 short, imaginative,
hard-hitting films that convey the essence of each of the articles
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ways that bring
each right vividly to life for youth and adults alike. These have
been produced as public service announcements to be aired on
television and watched online with the end of making every person
on Earth aware of his or her rights and responsibilities.
The PSA on the right to education shows what happens when a
precocious child in an affluent American city, who takes education
as an annoying fact of life, realizes that other girls her own age
have no opportunity to attend school at all.
In meetings with the Commissioner for Human Rights, and
legislators in Sydney, the President of Youth for Human Rights
International presented the human rights curriculum and educational
materials the group has produced, to work out how these can be put
into broad use to increase awareness and implementation of human
rights on a broad scale.
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