HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

WHY TODAY? UNITED NATIONS: An International Organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic development.

192 countries are members today.

On December 10, 1948 the members created a document called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

It has 30 articles that emphasize education, health, work, and culture as well as legal and political rights.

WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS DO YOU KNOW?

SOME OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE:

Article 1: Right to equality *

Article 2: Freedom from discrimination *

Article 3: Right to life, liberty, and safety *

Article 4: Freedom from slavery *

Article 5: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhumane punishment

* Article 6: Right to be protected by the law

* Article 11: Right to be considered innocent until proven

guilty *

Article 12: Right to privacy and protection *

Article 16: Right to marriage and family *

Article 18: Freedom of religion *

Article 19: Freedom of opinion and speech

* Article 21: Right to participate in

government and in free elections

Article 25: Right to food, housing, and medical care

SOME MORE...

TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT...

WHY DON'T 115 MILLION CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL???

They come from very poor countries where the government doesn't have money for education.

They must work to help support their family.

The closest school is very far away and there is no transportation.

The children are girls.

Children are in prisons.

Children are living in refugee camps.

Children are scared of being attacked by soldiers on their way to school.

Children are undocumented immigrants.

HOW TERRIBLE! WHERE DOES THIS HAPPEN?

ALL AROUND THE WORLD!

LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES:

Human Rights Violations in Spain

and Morocco• Moroccan children seek refuge in Ceuta and Melilla• Spanish law says the children must receive shelter and education• They musn’t be returned to Morocco unless there is someone there who can care for them• The children usually don’t have any family in Morocco to care for them

THE VIOLATIONS• Children are frequently beaten and abused by

police• Residential Centers are unsanitary and

overcrowded• Children are denied education and health care• Many children are returned to Morocco without

any place to go• Moroccan police beat and punish children and

then release them onto the streets

NO UNIVERSITY FOR CHILD IMMIGRANTS IN THE US

• Children who came to the US illegally have no way to become legal residents

• They therefore cannot apply for university or receive grants to study

• Many of these students are very intelligent, hard working, athletic, and helpful in their communities

• Their only options are to work illegally or return to their birth countries

ROMA CHILDREN SEGREGATED IN SLOVAKIA

• Roma children in Slovakia are segregated into Roma-only schools and classrooms

• The level of education in these classes is much lower than in a regular school

• Only 3% of Roma children attended secondary school in 2006

INDIGENOUS GUATEMALANS DENIED THIER EDUCATION

• Many indigenous Guatemalans (mostly Mayan) have the lowest educational achievement rates of all of Latin America

• There is no education offered in their native language

• Guatemalan law provides for bilingual education

WATCH THIS VIDEO

Why is it difficult for these children to get to and from school?

How do you get to and from school?

ADOLESCENT GIRLS FACE DIFFICULTIES IN TANZANIA

• Girls all around the world face many difficulties in receiving an education

• Some reasons are: pregnancy, early marriage, domestic labor, and gender discriminatory practices

• In Tanzania many girls get married as young as 14 and therefore leave school

• Other girls are expelled from school when they become pregnant

• Watch these videos about girls and the right to education…

CONCLUSIONS

School may be difficult, tiring, even boring… but don’t forget how lucky you

are to be enjoying this human right…

THEY WON’T.