European Human Rights Award Event Focuses On Putting an End to Modern Day Slavery
Youth for Human Rights International launched its 3rd annual World Tour this weekend as part of their campaign to make human rights a fact through implementing human rights education around the world.
The urgent need to make all nations honor and enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is demonstrated by the fact that today there are 100 million children living on the street and 115 million primary school-aged youth denied schooling. It is further emphasized by the estimated 1.5 million children trafficked into slavery over the past year.
Youth for Human Rights International believes that educating today’s youth on the Universal Declaration is the key to guaranteeing these rights. To bring each the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration to life for young people and adults alike, Youth for Human Rights and the Church of Scientology International have teamed up to produce 30 public service announcements.
The first 3 of these PSAs were released in 2005 and can be seen on the Youth for Human Rights web site or downloaded as podcasts.
The tour will consist of 30 events, each one releasing one of the 30 PSAs, in cities in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Istanbul, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
For more information on the Church of Scientology International’s human rights campaign, call the CSI Human Rights Department at (323) 960-3500. For information on Youth for Human Rights International, call (323) 663-5799 or email info@youthforhumanrights.org
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| July 1, Sat | Los Angeles, USA — Send-off |
| RIGHT #1: We are all born free and equal | |
| July 2-3, Sun - Mon | Washington D.C. |
| RIGHT # 2: Don’t Discriminate | |
| July 3-5, Mon - Wed | Toronto, Canada — two events |
| RIGHT # 3: The right to life RIGHT # 4: Slavery, past and present | |
| July 6-7, Thu - Fri | London, England — two events |
| RIGHT # 5: No Torture RIGHT # 6: Same rights to the law | |
| July 7-10, Fri - Mon | Berlin, Germany — four events |
| RIGHT # 7: Protected by the law RIGHT # 8: Fair treatment by fair courts RIGHT # 9: Unfair detainment RIGHT # 10: The right to trial | |
| July 10-12, Mon-Wed | Venice, Italy — two events |
| RIGHT # 11: Innocent until proven guilty RIGHT # 12: The right to privacy | |
| July 12-13, Wed - Thu | Vienna, Austria — two events |
| RIGHT # 13: Freedom to move RIGHT # 14: The right to asylum | |
| July 13, Thu | Prague, Czech Republic |
| RIGHT # 15: The right to nationality | |
| July 14-15, Fri - Sat | Bratislava, Slovakia — two events |
| RIGHT # 16: Marriage and family RIGHT # 17: Your own things | |
| July 16-18, Sun - Mon | Budapest, Hungary |
| RIGHT # 18: Freedom of thought | |
| July 19-20, Tue - Wed | Kiev, Ukraine |
| RIGHT # 19: Freedom of speech | |
| July 20-23, Wed - Fri | Istanbul, Turkey |
| RIGHT # 20: Freedom of assembly | |
| July 23-25, Sun - Tue | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| RIGHT # 21: The right to democracy | |
| July 26-27, Wed - Thu | Singapore City, Singapore |
| RIGHT # 22: The right to social security | |
| July 28-30, Fri - Sun | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| RIGHT # 23: Workers' rights | |
| Jul 31-Aug 2, Mon - Wed | Seoul, Korea |
| RIGHT # 24, The right to play | |
| Aug 2-4, Wed - Fri | Manila, Philippines |
| RIGHT # 25: A bed and some food | |
| Aug 5-8, Sat - Tue | Sydney, Australia — two events |
| RIGHT # 26: The right to education RIGHT # 27: Culture and copyright | |
| Aug 8-10, Tue - Thu | Auckland, New Zealand — two events |
| RIGHT # 28: A free and fair world RIGHT # 29: Our responsibilities | |
| Aug 10-13, Thu - Sun | Nadi, Fiji |
| RIGHT #30: Nobody can take away these rights | |
| Aug 13, Sun | Los Angeles, USA |