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 of individuals:
- to adequate food, more than 15,000 children die of starvation every day.
- to free speech, but thousands are in prison for saying what they believed to be true.
- to free will, forbidding slavery, but 27 million people live as slaves today – more than twice the number in the days of the slave trade.
- to an education, more than a billion people are unable to read.
These are very serious abuses of human rights. Yet 90% 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.
Guest Speakers and artists:
- 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 Producer
Where: Church of Scientology: 231-251 Mt Alexander Road Ascot-Vale Victoria
Bookings: RSVP to Maria; Tel: 0409046172; Email: mariascientologyvic@gmail.com
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Church of Scientology, Victoria
United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights International
231-251 Mt Alexander Road, Ascot-Vale, Victoria
Maria
Tel: 0409 046 172
Email: mariascientologyvic@gmail.com
Supported by Melton Interfaith Network; WIN (Women’s Interfaith Network) Foundation; COMMON (Centre of Melbourne Multifaith and Others Network)