1. DIGNITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL Introduction to Human Rights

2. Human Rights: The Whole Picture

3. What are Human Rights? A set of values and standards that allow all people to live with: Dignity Freedom Equality Peace Justice

4. What are Human Rights? A set of tools needed to: Promote Protect Remedy violations

5. Where do human rights originate? Originate within us, as humans  Come from human needs and desires From people fighting for them  Indigenous Peoples in America  Africans enslaved in the Americas  Women’s right to vote  Workers fighting for protection on the job  World War II (WWII)  Restoration of voting rights to formerly-incarcerated persons Promoted and protected in international law

6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” – Preamble to the UDHR

7. UDHR: History & Context Adopted on December 10, 1948 Developed out of World War II & Creation of the United Nations  Desire to preserve peace Product of social justice, civil rights, civil liberties, and religious groups, calling on the United Nations  NAACP American Bar Association  American Jewish Committee

8. International Bill of Rights = Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) + The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) + The Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

9. Declaration Convention & Covenant Non-binding, not legally obligated to adhere Customary law: people hold it up as common standard and practice Aspirational & Inspirational Legally binding (.i.e. treaty) Can be enforced (.i.e. becomes law) People can make demands for change (i.e. bring to court) Human Rights: A Set of Tools

10. RespectProtectFulfill Government cannot take away your rights or stop you for enjoying those rights Government must prevent others (individuals or corporations) from violating your rights Must take positive actions to contribute to your enjoyment of basic human rights

11. Human Rights: A Set of Values & Principles

12. 1. Everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights. 2. Everyone has equal rights regardless of differences between people such as gender, color, religion, language, wealth or political opinion. 3. Everyone has the right to life and the right to live in freedom and safety. 4. No one shall be held in slavery or slave-like conditions 5. Everyone has the right not to be tortured, degraded or treated cruelly. 6. Everyone has the right to be treated as a person under the law everywhere. 7. The law is the same for everyone and should protect everyone equally. 8. Everyone has the right to ask for legal help when their basic rights are not respected. 9. No one should be arrested, imprisoned or expelled from their country without good reason. 10. Everyone has the right to a fair trial, if accused of a crime. 11. Everyone has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, accused of a crime. 12. Everyone has the right to privacy. 13. Everyone has the right to travel within and outside their own country. 14. Everyone has the right to seek asylum in another country, if they are being persecuted in their own country. 15. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 16. Everyone has the right to marry and have a family. 17. Everyone has the right to own property on their own or with others. No one should have their property taken from them without good cause. 18. Everyone has the right to their own free thoughts, conscience and religion including the right to practice their religion privately or in public. 19. Everyone has the right to say what they think and to share information with others. 20. Everyone has the right to meet with others publicly and privately and to freely form and join peaceful associations. 21. Everyone has the right to vote in regular democratic elections and to take part in the government of their country. 22. Every country must do its best to ensure that everyone has enough to live a life of dignity (social security). 23. Everyone has the right to work for a fair wage in a safe environment and also has the right to join a trade union. 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure time. 25. Everyone has the right to “an adequate standard of living,” including a home, enough food and health care. 26. Everyone has the right to education and to free primary education. 27. Everyone has the right to take part in the cultural life of their community and the right to benefit from scientific and artistic learning. 28. National and international laws and institutions must make possible the rights and freedoms set out in this declaration. 29. Everyone has the responsibility to respect and uphold the rights of others in their community and the wider world. 30. No one has the right to take away any of the rights in this declaration. Human Rights: A Set of Values & Principles

13. ICERD (1969) All human beings are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law against any discrimination…any incitement to discrimination “…Any doctrine of superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and that there is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere” Ratified by US with qualifiers Monitored by Human Rights Commission

14. Know your (human) rights: Case Studies School-to-Prison Pipeline https://youtu.be/sbkfdg84g8U https://youtu.be/4FCGUaOKRks

15. Case Study: School-to-Prison Pipeline Inadequate resources in public schools  2 nd rate schools “Zero Tolerance”: Expulsion and suspension for minor incidences (increased use of prison model) Targets black and brown students (21% of student population/46% of arrests), students with disabilities (8.6% of student population/32% of arrests) 12,000 arrested in 2014 in Florida – number 1 in the country Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) Federal SB 1540 (2009) – Amending Zero Tolerance PROMISE Program (Preventing Recidivism through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Supports and Education (Broward County).

16. What rights are violated? LGBTQ youth are 5% of the youth population Yet they are 40% homeless youth population Subjected to abuse at home, in school, in foster care, and detention centers Harassment by religious individuals and groups Lack of understanding about needs and identity 62% youth suicide rate 58% homeless LGBT youth subjected to sexual abuse Case Study: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

17. The Human Rights Framework Universal  All of us have them and they apply everywhere Inalienable  We were born with them (not granted) Indivisible  The realization of human rights depends on the protection and fulfillment of all of rights Interdependent  They depend on each other to be fully realized

18. The Human Rights Framework The floor, not the ceiling Evolving There is NO government or society on earth that has realized all of these rights. There is no utopia.

19. Why are human rights important? Unifies and connects all of our issues Everyone is covered; no one is undeserving Says government has a role play in ending human suffering and inequality Calls for changes to systems, not just policies Puts control in the hands of people