Slideshow on “Human rights” for Political Geography – © Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. Political Geography / Geography of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Retrieved 3/15/06:
http://www.udhr.org/images/udhrsplash.JPG

2. Engaging Students in American History. Retrieved 3/15/06: http://history.grand-
forks.k12.nd.us/ndhistory/LessonImages/Sources/Pictures/holocaust%202.jpg

3. Eleanor Roosevelt. United Nations. Retrieved 3/15/06:
http://www.un.org/av/photo/images/23783.jpg

4. Retrieved October 5, 2015

5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or
territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of
sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

6. Retrieved March 15, 2006Retrieved October 25, 2017: http://www.antislavery.org/

7. Fisher, Max. 2013. This map shows where the
world’s 30 million slaves live. There are 60,000 in
the U.S. Washington Post. October 17:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/
wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-
30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/

8. Click for more of the
best photojournalism:
Photo Credit: Associated Press Photo
Varsha Mahender Sabhnani of Long
Island is led out of Nassau County
police headquarters in Mineola, N.Y.,
after her arrest on forced labor
charges in this file photo of Tuesday,
May 15, 2007. Sabhnani and her
husband, Mahender Murlidhar
Sabhnani, pleaded not guilty Monday,
Dec. 10, 2007, to charges including
conspiracy and involuntary servitude.
If convicted, they could face 40 years
in prison. (AP Photo/Howard
Schnapp, File)
12/18/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR200
7121100422.html
In this file photo, Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani of Long
Island, N.Y., is led out of Nassau County police headquarters in Mineola, N.Y.,
after his arrest on forced labor charges, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Sabhnani and
his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, pleaded not guilty Monday, Dec. 10,
2007, to charges including conspiracy and involuntary servitude. If convicted,
they could face 40 years in prison. (AP Photo/Howard Schnapp).
Washington Post Camera World. 12/18/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/photo/2007/12/11/PH2007121100431.html:

9. Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

10. Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or
belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in
teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 21
1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen
representatives.
2. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and
genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent
free voting procedures.

11. http://www.hrw.org/

12. http://www.amnesty.org/

13. Retrieved March 15, 2006

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22. Doonesbury.com. Retrieved October 16, 2007: http://doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html