As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches its 60th Anniversary, only a small percentage of the population worldwide even know of its existence.
Today, the UN reports that more than a billion people are without clean water; most of the 25 million who have HIV/AIDS in Africa have no access to health care; and 121 million children are denied a basic education. Furthermore, Amnesty International has documented serious human right abuses by armed opposition groups in 42 countries, including deliberate and arbitrary killings of civilians.
Viewing these statistics, who could disagree that actions must be taken now to make human rights known, understood and most importantly, put into practice.
With this aim in mind, Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) has teamed up with the Human Rights Department of the Church of Scientology, the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, the Global Peace Leadership Conference and Artists for Human Rights for its annual international human rights summit and Human Rights Heros Awards presentations which will be held this year in Los Angeles on October 1 – 3, 2007.
Today, the UN reports that more than a billion people are without clean water; most of the 25 million who have HIV/AIDS in Africa have no access to health care; and 121 million children are denied a basic education. Furthermore, Amnesty International has documented serious human right abuses by armed opposition groups in 42 countries, including deliberate and arbitrary killings of civilians.
Viewing these statistics, who could disagree that actions must be taken now to make human rights known, understood and most importantly, put into practice.
With this aim in mind, Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) has teamed up with the Human Rights Department of the Church of Scientology, the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, the Global Peace Leadership Conference and Artists for Human Rights for its annual international human rights summit and Human Rights Heros Awards presentations which will be held this year in Los Angeles on October 1 – 3, 2007.
Get more information, and watch the Youth For Human Rights television ads, here: www.youthforhumanrights.org
