Global Human Rights and Self-Determination Vocabulary

What are human rights?

• Something we would like to have.

• A set of rules that we all need to live and grow.

• Something that we are excepted to do.

Why are human rights necessary and important?

• To save lives.

• To give us freedom.

• To protect everyone.

• All of the above.

Which organization set the standard for Human Rights around the world?

• UNICEF

• Greenpeace

• United Nations

• English Heritage

Which situation has broken someone's rights?

• A young girl is not allowed to buy new dress.

• A little boy is sent to bed early for misbehaving.

• A 6 year old boy is not allowed to go swimming.

• A country's government does not allow girls to go to school.

What do you think are a person's basic rights?

• To live in a city

• To feed, to health, to be free, to be educated, to have fair trial

• To change jobs

• To get married and have children

When were human rights created?

• 1928

• Yesterday

• 1948

• 28 AD

Who first drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?

• Christoper Columbus

• George Washington

• Abe Lincoln

• Eleanor Roosevelt

What is the name given to violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments?

• Human Rights Violations

• Suffrage

• Civil Rights

Which human right is this? "People have the right to go wherever they want in their own country and to travel to other countries."

• Right to asylum

• Right to move freely

• Right to own property

• Right to assembly

What is the right to asylum?

• Right to vote in regular elections and have a voice in the government

• Right to meet with other people in a public space to discuss ideas

• Right go to another country to be safe if you are scared of being hurt or killed

• Right to work and be paid a fair salary