1. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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2. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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What we know:
Every person is born equal and should have equal human rights
There are 30 human rights as defined by the United Nations
Not all people have equal human rights
WHY?

3. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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What we know:
Through our research we learned that people’s human rights are affected by decisions
made by leaders
Some leaders promote human rights – they understand the importance of equality
Some leaders deny or violate human rights by treating people unequally and unfairly
So we can say not
all people have equal human rights
Do people experience inequality only because of their leaders?

4. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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What we want to know:
Inequality and violation of human rights can also be caused by:
Prejudice – this means to pre-judge someone based on their
gender, race, ethnicity, economic background, etc. It is like ‘judging a book by
its cover’. You make a decision about the contents by only seeing the picture on
the front. And this judgment is often wrong as you know from reading many
books.
Prejudice is a social issue. Human rights violations by leaders is a political
issue.

5. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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What we want to know:
Inequality and violation of human rights can also be caused by:
Criminal activity – this means people break the law and treat
people badly and deny their human rights.
Criminal activity is a social issue and can be a political issue, depending on
who is promoting this activity.

6. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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How will we find out more?:
We have looked at leadership and how this affects people’s lives. We will
now take a closer look at the issues that cause inequality.
Poverty – Gender – Racism – Freedom of
Belief – Human Trafficking – Slavery –
Bullying
These may be political, social and/or criminal

7. Human Rights
How we organize ourselves
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How will we find out more?:
Your group will discuss and agree to research one issue of inequality. You
will research information to address:
Who – is affected?
Who – is responsible?
Where – does this happen?
When – did this happen in the past? Is it still happening today?
When is important as we can make connections with the past and the
present.