Human Rights
In the international sphere.
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A World Made New: Human Rights After the Holocaust
This lesson
encourages students to explore the historical basis for the modern
human rights movement born in the aftermath of the Holocaust and
deepens understanding of the Charter for the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). | Lesson Plan | 03/16/2008 - 23:52 |
Albie Sachs, Freedom FighterAlbie Sachs, Justice of the Constitutional Court in South Africa, describes his elation after surviving an attempt on his life when he was fighting for freedom in that country. Sachs speaks at a Facing History and Ourselves community event. | Video Clip | 06/19/2008 - 11:11 |
An Interview with Mary Ann GlendonMary Ann Glendon, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and author of A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, talks about how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights came to be and the meaning and role it plays in our world today. | Video Clip | 08/04/2008 - 11:38 |
Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Confronting AntisemitismWhat responsibilities does a society have to protect everyone in the community or nation? To what extent is a crime against one group in a community a crime against the community as a whole? In the foreword to a report on antisemitism in Europe published by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Executive Director Michael Posner reflected on those questions: A year ago the United Nations convened the third World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 10:48 |
China presses Sudan over Darfur peacekeepers(The Boston Globe, February 24, 2008) For years, antigenocide activists have asked China to play a more vocal role in bringing peace to the Darfur region of Sudan. Now, China appears to be responding to this pressure. | Facing Today | 03/11/2008 - 10:19 |
Confronting September 11In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, many people began to explore the complex issues of identity and religion. Accepted democratic ideals have begun to collide with issues of national security, creating a tension between neighbors and nations. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 11:23 |
Confronting September 11: A Vision of the WorldIn the aftermath of the September 11th atrocities many scholars have commented that states and nations have become less important. What do we need to live in a world where, as political scientist Benjamin Barber notes, "it could hardly escape even casual observers that global warming recognizes no sovereign territory, that AIDS carries no passport, that technology renders national borders meaningless, that the internet defies regulation, that oil and cocaine addiction circle the planet like twin plagues. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:17 |
Confronting September 11: In the Name of ReligionThe Taliban, a name that translates into English as religious students, gained control of almost all of Afghanistan in 1996. As the Taliban consolidated their power they forged their militant brand of Islam into national law. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 12:00 |
Confronting September 11: Introduction from Marc GopinOne of the cornerstones of civil society is the capacity to live with more than one identity. People speak to us so much when we are young about finding our identity, or the search for our identity. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 11:27 |
Confronting September 11: Multiple IdentitiesEconomist and humanitarian, Amartya Sen writes about his multiple identities. He believes "the main hope of harmony lies not in any imagined uniformity, but in the plurality of our identities. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 11:53 |
