2006-07-31

Ukrainian Youth Find Out About Their Human Rights

Over the next year, approximately 1,500 lost or runaway children between the ages of 3 and 18 will spend up to three months at the Kiev City Orphanage for Youth and Teenagers. It was a group of these young people that Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) addressed on...

2006-07-25

New Public Service Announcements Instill New Life Into Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Students in a school in Accra attend a human rights education workshop, held by the Ghana Chapter of Youth for Human Rights International, with the guest speaker, International Development Director of Youth for Human Rights International.

With this week’s unveiling of thirty new TV public service announcements (PSAs)—each illustrating one of the 30 Articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights—Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) and the Human Rights Department of the Church...

2006-07-12

African Humanitarian Honored with Human Rights Award

The Paris chapter of Youth for Human Rights International presented Mr. Yeka Futy with the “Know Your Human Rights Hero Award,” a special honor given to caring adults who have made an impact in their areas through stellar human rights activities and the implementation...

2006-07-11

Youth for Human Rights International World Tour 2006 in Italy

Youth for Human Rights International made the subject of human rights come to life for the children at a summer camp outside the city of Padova.

Youth for Human Rights International representatives arrived in Italy this week, the fifth country on its 2006 World Tour. Here the group premiered public service announcements promoting the eleventh and twelfth Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The right...

2006-07-10

Youth for Human Rights International World Tour 2006 in the Capital of Germany

Youth from the Berlin chapter of Youth for Human Rights International celebrated their freedom as part of the Youth for Human Rights International 2006 World Tour.

Although they are too young to remember the twenty-seven years when the Berlin Wall separated families...