Our Human Rights

General facts:

The human rights

The right to life. We are all born free & equal. Freedom of religion.

History fact:

Important fact:
 Our Human Rights
WORD BANK:
aware | because | commission | declaration | discrimination | document | example | fair | fr
eedom | Human |
important | organization | peace | protect | religion | rights | Universal | War

Write the definition of the word.

1. Aware. Knowing about something 11. ________________________
2. ________________________ 12. ________________________
3. ________________________ 13. ________________________
5. ________________________ 14. ________________________
6. ________________________ 15. ________________________
8. ________________________ 16. ________________________
9. ________________________ 17. ________________________
10. ________________________
The United Nations is an international (1) __________ that was established in 1945 to help keep
world (2) _____. It was established shortly after the end of World (3) _____ II.

In 1948 a special United Nations (4) __________, headed by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote a special document which stated the rights that all
people should have. This document is called the "Universal Declaration of (5) _______ Rights."

"(6)__________" means "of all the people in the world."

A (7)"_________" is a formal announcement.

"Human (8) ________" are the rights that each person has, simply because he or she is human.

The human rights are there to (9) _________ us and help us live in peace. For (10) ________,
"the right to life" is a human right. Each and every one of us has the right to life, simply
(11) _______ we are human.

Another example is "the right to (12) _________ of thought." We all have the right to believe in
what we want to believe, to have a (13) ________, or to change it if we want.

Studying and knowing our human rights is as (14) ________ today as it was after World War II.
This is because when people don't know their natural rights things such as injustice, (15)
___________, intolerance and slavery can happen.

The more (16)________ people are to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the closer we get to a peaceful, free and (17)_______ world.