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Summary: This book , written and illustrated by
young people from all over the world
looks at the issues of human rights in
a refreshingly uncomplicated way. This book , written and illustrated by young people from all over the
world looks at the issues of human rights in a refreshingly
uncomplicated way. Young people's , poems, personal recollections,
illustrations and photographs help to express their hopes and fears
about how we treat each other. The title is a celebration of where we
have reached in the development of human rights, followed by a quest
for a redefinition of what they should mean for the future"
Contents
Forward
A message from the editors
Thanks to everybody
Get up, stand up ......read on
Our dreams
The highs and lows of human rights
Elanor Roosevelt and how the Universal Declaration was signed
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Part one Civil and political rights
We are all free and equal
Don't discriminate
The same, but different
The world of women
Women's struggles
The right to life
Slavery - past and present
Torture: a living hell
I'm a person, just like you
We are all protected by law
Fair treatment by fair courts
I've done nothing wrong!
Fair trials
Innocent until proven guilty
The right to privacy
Freedom to move
The right to asylum
The right to a nationality
Part Two
Economic, social and cultural rights
Marriage and the family
What's happened to my home?
Freedom of thought
Free to say what you want
Meet where you like
The right to democracy
The right to social security
Worker's rights
The right to play
A bed and some food
The right to education
Culture and copyright
A free and fair world
Our responsibilities
Don't get me wrong!
What you can do
Who can help?
Time to join in
Amnesty International
Global Action
Success stories
Making great strides..... into the future
The reference section
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
Jargon buster and index
Peace Child International