Learn about one of the challenges of writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: defining common rights that represented all nations and cultures around the world.
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Justice & Human Rights
Beyond National Sovereignty: How to Protect Citizens From Their Own Government
Learn about some of the challenges delegates faced in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Civil Rights as Human Rights
Learn about the connection between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
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Eleanor’s Visits to the Displaced Persons Camps
Read Eleanor Roosevelt's reflections on her visit to the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp, ten months after Nazi concentration camps were liberated.
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Finding a Voice in Art
Explore how Chilean women used folk art to heal and advocate for justice in the wake of human rights abuses by General Pinochet’s dictatorship.
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Global Immigration
Hope Frye's Testimony on Child Migrant Detention
Immigration lawyer Hope Frye describes the conditions at child migrant detention centers in her congressional hearing testimony.
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How Much Democracy Do We Want?
Eleanor Roosevelt writes about the importance of equal opportunities and economic security for the strength of a democracy.
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Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Examine the historical context leading up to the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and understand how Eleanor Roosevelt became involved in the process.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Letter From the Trenches
Read about what Priestley saw in the new year as a soldier in the First World War in his letter from the trenches in 1916.
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Overcoming Fears and Spurring Action
Read Ambassador Samantha Power's 2016 speech on the global refugee crisis, and her examples of the "small steps" communities are taking to aid refugees.
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Paragraph 175
Learn about Paragraph 175 of the German Constitution, a law that prohibited homosexuality in Nazi Germany.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Perspectives on the Gig Economy
Learn about different people's experiences of and perspectives on the gig economy in the UK.
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