.: gennaio 2008

WE ARE ALL BORN FREE AND EQUAL

Sit down in a Paris café or a restaurant in Florence with in-house monitors and you may be impressed by powerful audio-visual messages that truly teach human rights.

Released in June of this year, these 30 or 60 second spots bring to life all 30 articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Their appeal was instant and within weeks they were showing on over 1,000 TV stations around the world.

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

Three months after their debut, word of mouth has transcended them to a new level beyond the TV airwaves. This week alone saw new showings on screens at gas stations in Johannesburg, South Africa; in 64 theatres in Buffalo, New York State, and on two dozen screens in the largest bookstore chain in Rome. They are being played in city store front windows in London and on a bus line in Frankfurt, Germany.

RIGHT TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

On a more official level, the 30 PSAs premiered last August as part of an international human rights summit held at United Nations headquarters, where they received a standing ovation from UN officials and human rights delegates representing 49 nations. That same evening they met with enthusiastic response from 2,000-plus New Yorkers who thronged New York’s Union Park Square for a human rights concert that rocked the city. Two weeks later they were the highlight of a presentation given by a 14-year old Youth for Human Rights representative from Austria at the Palais Wilson, seat of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. The event was the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s annual “Day of Discussion”.

RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY

The uses for these messages are limitless. A representative for one UN non-governmental organization wrote of his organization’s intention to “spread your short films in the best way we can, since we are working in about 60 countries with like-minded friends.”

RIGHT TO LIFE

These PSAs are part of a package of the audio visual and written materials produced by Youth for Human Rights International.

YOU TOO CAN HELP!

Things Anyone Can Do for Human Rights
Start a Youth for Human Rights Club

Order the booklets and distribute them

Download and distribute the electronic versions of the booklets

Download the PSAs and show them to your friends

Raise Your Voice – Sign the Petition
Use the power of your signature to help protect your rights and make Human Rights for the world a reality.

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