Mrs. MacFarland

Human Rights

Communicating about Human Rights through a Socratic Seminar

Human rights are important because they protecting everyone's dignity and enabling them to live with freedom, equality, and justice, regardless of their background. However, some people question what they are. Students will learn about the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In order to learn more about human rights, students will research 2 different human rights that are important to them. They will find 2 sources for each human right, so 4 sources total. They can have more than 4 sources, but should have at least 4 sources minimum. See Mrs. MacFarland’s example. You can access the library’s databases here.

UN’s website

Socratic seminar assignment template

Human Rights

UN: Human Rights

HR Libary: What are human rights?

UN’s Declaration of Human Rights

Youth for Human Rights

Resources for articles --also check out our school databases

Human rights articles

NYTimes Human Rights

USA Today Human Rights

Prepare for Socratic seminar template

Articles that Connect to Human Rights

#2 Don't Discriminate

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/discrimination-in-america/

https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/08/08/racial-discrimination-united-states/human-rights-watch/aclu-joint-submission

#3 Right to Life

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-2-right-life

https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/your-rights/human-rights-law/right-to-life

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/

#4 No Slavery

https://www.walkfree.org/resources/

https://www.state.gov/what-is-modern-slavery/

https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/50-million-people-worldwide-modern-slavery-0

#5 No Torture

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/syria-mass-death-torture-and-other-violations-against-people-detained-in-aftermath-of-islamic-state-defeat-new-report/

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/investigating-torture-fbi-hsi-investigation-leads-to-us-citizens-conviction-for-human-rights-violations-in-iraq

#9 No unfair detainment or arbitrary arrest

#10 Right to Fair Trial

https://www.fairtrials.org/the-right-to-a-fair-trial/

#11 Innocent Until Proven Guilty

https://www.fairtrials.org/articles/news/ecthr-russia-violated-presumption-of-innocence/

#12 Right to Privacy

https://gilc.org/privacy/survey/intro.html

https://consumerfed.org/privacy-is-a-human-right-it-cant-be-bought-or-sold/

#14 Seeking Asylum

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/seeking-protection-how-us-asylum-process-works

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/refugees-asylum-seekers-and-migrants/

#15Right to Nationality

https://www.ohchr.org/en/nationality-and-statelessness

https://www.equalnationalityrights.org/the-problem/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/09/dominican-republic-racist-treatment-right-to-nationality/

#16 Right marry and have a family

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/14/q-child-marriage-and-violations-girls-rights

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-12-right-marry

#17 The Right to Own Your Own Things (Property)

https://www.cato.org/policy-report/may/june-2011/right-property-global-human-rights-law

https://sur.conectas.org/en/land-rights-human-rights/

https://www.humanrights.is/en/human-rights-education-project/human-rights-concepts-ideas-and-fora/substantive-human-rights/the-right-to-property

#18 Freedom of Religion

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-us-report-alleges-religious-freedom-violations-china/story?id=99335617

https://www.osce.org/odihr/574816

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-9-freedom-thought-belief-and-religion

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-asia/afghanistan/report-afghanistan/

#18 Freedom of Thought

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does

#19 Freedom of Expression

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/rising-trend-violating-freedom-expression-and-political-rights-un-human

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/

#21 Right to Democracy

https://fathomjournal.org/the-right-to-democracy/

https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/citizenship-and-participation

#22 Social Security (housing)

https://blog.ssa.gov/homelessness-and-social-security/

https://housingmatters.urban.org/articles/naming-housing-human-right-first-step-solving-housing-crisis

Social Security (food)

https://www.ohchr.org/en/food

https://www.fao.org/right-to-food/en

#23 Workers' Rights

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/our-work/workers-rights

https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/labour-rights-are-human-rights-all-workers

https://www.solidaritycenter.org/what-we-do/workers-human-rights/

#24 Right to Play

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/12/universal-declaration-human-rights-70-30-articles-30-articles-article-24

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/right-work-right-leisure-labor-rights-human-rights

#26 Right to education

https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/06/10/education-deficit/failures-protect-and-fulfill-right-education-through-global

https://www.right-to-education.org/page/understanding-education-right

https://www.hrw.org/topic/childrens-rights/attacks-education

#27 Copyright

https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/copyright-infringement.asp

copyright vs fair use https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/whatiscopyright/fair-use/

https://microsites.csusm.edu/copyright/fair-use-and-public-domain/

# 28Fair and Free World

Human Dignity

https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21616.doc.htm

Look at definitions and connect to UN’s Human Rights

https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/definitions-what-is-human-dignity/

#29 Responsibility to protect human rights

https://www.un.org/en/our-work/protect-human-rights

https://ishr.ch/about-human-rights/who-protects-human-rights/

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