Youth for Human Rights International Begins Its Third Annual World Tour to Promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Youth for Human Rights International launched its third Annual World Tour this weekend as part of their campaign to make human rights a fact through implementing human rights education around the world. The urgent need to make all nations honor and enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is demonstrated by the fact that today there are 100 million children living on the street and 115 million primary school-aged youth denied schooling. It is further emphasized by the estimated 1.5 million children trafficked into slavery over the past year.
Youth for Human Rights International believes that educating today’s youth on the Universal Declaration is the key to guaranteeing these rights. To bring each of the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration to life for young people and adults alike, Youth for Human Rights and the Church of Scientology International have teamed up to produce thirty public service announcements.
The first three of these PSAs were released in 2005 and can be seen on the Youth for Human Rights website or downloaded as podcasts.
The tour will consist of thirty events, each one releasing one of the thirty PSAs, in cities in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Istanbul, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
For more information on the Church of Scientology International’s (CSI) human rights campaign, call the CSI Human Rights Department at (323) 960-3500. For information on Youth for Human Rights International, call (323) 663-5799 or email info@youthforhumanrights.org.
Itinerary
July 1, Saturday – (Los Angeles, USA) — Send-off
Human Right #1: We Are All Born Free and Equal
July 2–3, Sunday – Monday – (Washington, DC, USA)
Human Right #2: Don’t Discriminate
July 3–5, Monday – Wednesday (Toronto, Canada) — two events
Human Right #3: The Right to Life
Human Right #4: No Slavery
July 6–7, Thursday - Friday (London, England) — two events
Human Right #5: No Torture
Human Right #6: You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go
July 7–10, Friday – Monday (Berlin, Germany) — four events
Human Right #7: We’re All Equal Before the Law
Human Right #8: Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law
Human Right #9: No Unfair Detainment
Human Right #10: The Right to Trial
July 10–12, Monday – Wednesday (Venice, Italy) — two events
Human Right #11: We’re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty
Human Right #12: The Right to Privacy
July 12–13, Wednesday – Thursday (Vienna, Austria) — two events
Human Right #13: Freedom to Move
Human Right #14: The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live
July 13, Thursday (Prague, Czech Republic)
Human Right #15: Right to a Nationality
July 14–15, Friday – Saturday (Bratislava, Slovakia) — two events
Human Right #16: Marriage and Family
Human Right #17: The Right to Your Own Things
July 16–18, Sunday – Monday (Budapest, Hungary)
Human Right #18: Freedom of Thought
July 19–20, Tuesday – Wednesday (Kiev, Ukraine)
Human Right #19: Freedom of Expression
July 20–23, Wednesday – Friday (Istanbul, Turkey)
Human Right #20: The Right to Public Assembly
July 23–25, Sunday – Tuesday (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Human Right #21: The Right to Democracy
July 26–27, Wednesday – Thursday (Singapore City, Singapore)
Human Right #22: Social Security
July 28–30, Friday – Sunday (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Human Right #23: Workers’ Rights
Jul 31–Aug 2, Monday – Wednesday (Seoul, Korea)
Human Right #24: The Right to Play
Aug 2–4, Wednesday – Friday (Manila, Philippines)
Human Right #25: Food and Shelter for All
Aug 5–8, Saturday – Tuesday (Sydney, Australia) — two events
Human Right #26: The Right to Education
Human Right #27: Copyright
Aug 8–10, Tuesday – Thursday (Auckland, New Zealand) — two events
Human Right #28: A Fair and Free World
Human Right #29: Responsibility
Aug 10–13, Thursday – Sunday (Nadi, Fiji)
Human Right #30: No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights