1. Learning for Sustainability
Human Rights Day 10 December 

2. Learning for Sustainability
Human Rights Day 10 December 

3. Earlier this year the Holy Father said that the world must return to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to overcome conflict at his annual address to Vatican diplomats. The Pope hailed the declaration — 70 years old this year — for recognising that the “inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world”. Yet seven decades after its adoption, the fundamental rights laid out in the declaration continued to be violated, he said. In a wide-ranging address, the Pope called for nuclear disarmament, dialogue on the Korean peninsula, peace in Syria and Iraq, and a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. But it was not just war and violence that infringed on humanity’s rights: abortion, euthanasia, human trafficking, and modern slavery were also ongoing scourges, he told his audience of diplomats from around the world stationed in the Vatican. “EVERYONE HAS A DUTY TO DO GOOD.” POPE FRANCIS

4. By the end of the lesson, I will be able to:
Have a better understanding of what human rights are
Identify specific examples of human rights
Discuss why some people do not have the same human rights

5. STARTER Consider the following: What are human rights?
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THINK
Consider the following:
What are human rights?
Does everyone have the same human rights?
Why? Why not?

6. Human Rights Copy the following definition in to your jotter:
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death.
These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence.
These values are defined and protected by law.
WHAT DO THESE MEAN? Discuss / write your answers.

7. Human Rights Activity:
Make a list of different examples of human rights
e.g. the right to an education
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8. Human Rights Violations
What are they? What does violation mean?
DENIED FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FALSE / UNFAIR IMPRISONMENT
MURDER / GENOCIDE
NO ACCESS TO MEDICAL HELP
NO EDUCATION
NO SHELTER / HOUSING
RACIAL / SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION
MODERN DAY SLAVERY
ARE FORCED TO BECOME A REFUGEE

9. Human Rights Violations
Can you think of reasons why some people may not have the same human rights as others? e.g.
Poverty

10. Human Rights Violations
Which countries do these take place in?
There are many more.
CHINA
VENEZUELA
YEMEN
TURKEY
SYRIA
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
MYANMAR
USA
EU & AUSTRALIA

11. Human Rights Violations
RESEARCH
Which countries do these take place in?
USA VENEZUELA YEMEN TURKEY
SYRIA RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA MYANMAR
CHINA EU & AUSTRALIA
Choose one of the countries listed above – or identify another one – and research what type(s) of human rights violations have taken place there.
You may be able to report back to your class.

12. I am now able to: Understand what human rights are
Identify specific types of human rights
Understand why some people do not have the same human rights