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Know your Human Rights

Rights are there for your protection. Do you know them?

World Service,10 episodes

Episodes

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Asylum
Article 14 of The Declaration of Human Rights, stipulate the right to asylum
07 Sep 1998,13 mins
Right to Take Part in Government
Everyone has the right to take part in Government
14 Sep 1998,13 mins
Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression and opinion
14 Sep 1998,13 mins
Women and Children
An extra layer of defence is needed to protect the human rights for women and children
24 Sep 1998,13 mins
Economic and Social Rights
The right to health, education, employment and an adequate standard of living
24 Sep 1998,13 mins
Words into Action
The success and failures of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
28 Sep 1998,13 mins
What Can We Do?
The steps individuals can take to guard their own human rights and those of others
28 Sep 1998,13 mins
Some Hard Questions
The impact and failures of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
28 Sep 1998,13 mins
Never Again
Forming the United Nations and drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
28 Sep 1998,13 mins
The Law
Law should be the instrument that protects human rights
02 Dec 1998,13 mins