A presentation on Human Rights - its history and the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

1. HUMAN RIGHTS

2. So what are
human rights?

3. The Story of Human Rights

4. Something to think about

5. The Universal
DeclaraBon of
Human Rights

6. Universal DeclaraBon of Human Rights

8. Human Rights
in Australia

9. Let’s zoom in

10. While Australia’s human rights record is
be5er than most countries, there are,
regre5ably, a number of human rights
abuses. These include the plight of
Australia’s indigenous peoples, the
treatment of refugees, the situa<on of
homeless youth and discrimina<on
based on gender and ability.

11. Access the Universal Declara<on of Human
Rights website (h5p://www.un.org/en/
documents/udhr/). This site contains the
full text of the declara<on. With a partner,
read through the full list of rights. Rank in
order of importance what you consider to
be the five most important and complete
the S.W.O.T analysis of the Declara<on.

12. Something to think about
“We know only too well that what we
are doing is nothing more than a drop
in the ocean. But if the drop were not
there, the ocean would be missing
something.”
― Mother Theresa