Human Rights Topics

10.Economic development and interrelatedness

The Universal Declaration and the Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms the rights of human beings to a decent standard of living. Whether these are realized or not is a complex issue which depends also on national resources, industrial development, economic priorities and political will. The achievement of economic development, which has both national and international Implications, clearly has a bearing on the implementation of those rights.

Human Rights Topics

11.Business and human rights With the emergence of the global economy, many businesses today surpass Governments in their finances, power and influence over the lives of people. While Governments are legally accountable to their citizens, businesses, especially

those that operate in many different countries around the world, have little legal public accountability, except to their stockholders. As a result, these transnational corporations are increasingly at the centre of human rights issues.

Human Rights Topics

12. Creating a human rights community

One of the ultimate goals of human rights education is the creation of a genuine human rights culture. To do so, students must learn to evaluate real-life experience in human rights terms, starting with their own behaviour and the immediate community in which they live. They need to make an honest assessment of how the reality they experience every day conforms to human rights principles and then to take active responsibility for improving their community.

UNRIC Learning Activities

Partnerships

CINEMA AMBIENTEhttp://www.cinemambiente.it

MEDITERRAIDhttp://www.mediterraid.it

MEDITERRAIDhttp://www.mediterraid.it

MEDITERRAID: THE JOURNEY ON HUMAN RIGHTS

EUROPA 2010http://www.europa2010.org/

SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT’ANNAhttp://www.sssup.it

SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT’ANNAhttp://www.sssup.it

MASTER IN GIORNALISMO INTERNAZIONALEhttp://www.giornalismointernazionale.com

SAN BONAVENTURA - SERAPHICUMhttp://www.seraphicum.org/2005/

MASTER IN PEACE BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

http://www.ssi.unitn.it

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