Two 13-year-old graduating students of St. Mark’s Church School in Wellington, New Zealand, Jeeten Mavji and Lachlan Buchanan, spearheaded and carried out the winning artwork in this year’s Youth for Human Rights International Art Contest.

With the help of...

Congratulations! We are celebrating a decade of human rights education! Ten years ago, we launched Youth for Human Rights International with an essay contest. One of the winning essays was from a 10-year-old boy who wrote: “Discrimination was not born in the heart...

Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) commemorates United Nations Human Rights Day, December 10, with the third annual “International Walk for Human Rights.” Students of all ages from more than 30 countries on six continents will join in the walk, to raise...

Tens of thousands of human rights supporters in dozens of countries now participate in the annual International Walk for Human Rights established by Dustin McGahee, President of Youth for Human Rights Florida.

This...

Geneva—United Nations representatives, human rights NGOs and leaders of civil society joined youth delegates from 30 countries at the 8th Annual International Human Rights Summit in Geneva August 26-28, 2011.

With the United Nations estimating $7 billion dollars...