United Nations Human Rights Day 2016: Youth for Human Rights International

The Youth for Human Rights International and The Church of Scientology invite you to :

United Nations Human Rights Day 2016 

• Master of Ceremonies: Dr Sonia Singh
• Keynote Speaker: Nigel Mannock, Director Human Rights Australia
• A Religious Leaders/Human Rights Forum: Representatives from different religions & cultures will be speaking
• Feature Performance by Warren Wills, Internationally renowned Composer and Produce

In 1948, when the Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, only 58 countries belonged to the United Nations. Today there are 192 member nations and many laws exist to protect human rights. Yet millions of people continue to suffer because their rights are not respected. Although the Universal Declaration protects the right to adequate food, more than 15000 children die of starvation every day. The Declaration also protects the right to free speech, but thousands are in prison for saying what they believed to be true. The Declaration forbids slavery, but 27 million people live as slaves today – more than twice the number in the days of the slave trade. And more than a billion people are unable to read, although the Declaration includes the right to an education.

These are very serious abuses of human rights. Yet 90 percent of people are unable to name more than three of their thirty rights. If more people understood all of them, more respect would be shown for human rights around the world. Who, then, will tell them?

Meet others in our community dedicated to human rights education and ending human rights abuse. United for Human Rights and its program for young people Youth for Human Rights International form one of the broadest human rights education initiatives in the world.

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RSVP: Maria | 0409046172 | mariascientologyvic@gmail.com

Supported by Melton Interfaith Network; WIN (Women’s Interfaith Network) Foundation; COMMON (Centre of Melbourne Multifaith and Others Network)