Human Rights

is part of international network of anti-trafficking organizations devoted to protect children and end their commercial sexual exploitation. Among its many programs ECPAT-USA works with schools to train students to be advocates in their communities, educating them on the facts, misconceptions and risks of trafficking. https://www.ecpatusa.org

An onlinr, easy-to-read magazine covering a range of UN activities, suitable for high school and above.

Publishes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the rights of the child, refugees, and core UN Human Rights treaties; provides teaching materials for children, primary and up; including the ABC: Teaching Human Rights.

Provides solution-based articles, a Global Peace Index, ranking countries on a peace scale, and a US one as well, with rankings of states. Articles include "Blue Helmets" the positive effect of women as UN peacekeepers, a Jon Stewart interview with Malala Yousafzai, the young activist against cruelty and prevention of education for girls, and lessons on peacemaking by Jeffrey Sachs, as well as peace quotes.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH monitors human rights abuses worldwide. Every year, in June, they hold a film festival w/ the film society of Lincoln Center in NY. https//ff.hrw.org/new-york In 2016, a highlight was Documentary that follows a small group of refugees on their nail-biting journey by sea to Greece, and the difficulties in assimilating when they disperse. 55 min. (1st Take Films ) On HRW’s website you can also find a current article and video titled "Greece: Refugees w/ Disabilities Overlooked, Underserved, " and articles on many human rights issues. https://ff.hrw.org/new-york

This is both a biography and a b&w photo essay starkly revealing the use of children as industrial workers in the early 20th Century. Hine was a teacher and photographer who became an investigative reporter for the National Child Labor Committee. His work became a catalyst for enacting child labor laws in the US. The photos themselves can be used as teaching tools, and a bibliography of other photo essays are listed at the end. See also the photography of Margaret Bourke-White for other powerful Depression era material.

— A good introduction for middle and secondary school students colorful, informative, many visuals an excellent resource for teachers as well. Part of the School Kit provided by the Public Inquiries Unit, Dept. of Public Information, United Nations, NY, NY 10017. 212-963-4475. E-mail: inquiries@un.org; For online info on the UN Charter, go to http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter; for the UN flag go to http://www.un.org/en/maps/flags

Provides resources for high schools on the history and legal concept of genocide, downloadable lesson plans on the violence in Darfur and Rwanda, and an annual film festival.

Ms. Lloyd’s riveting survivor story is the true tale of her hard-won escape from the commercial sex industry and her bold founding of GEMS, New York City’s Girls Education and Mentoring Service, to help countless other young girls escape "the life." (See also the conference report on this website of her presentation at our 2013 CTAUN conference at the UN.)

Based on the book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn, this follows their journey through 10 countries to document and support victims of gender-based violence and maternal mortality. Includes a view of the work in Cambodia, of Somaly Mam, who spoke at our CTAUN conference.

Held annually in late June in New York City https://ff.hrw.org/new-york

A platform for a community of businesses and consumers to buy better through the use of their supply chain transparency tool called FRDM®. We started in 2011 by partnering with the United States State Department to build the world’s first ever Slavery Footprint platform, combining product data with consumer purchase data to provide footprints to close to 30 million people worldwide.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention changed the way children are viewed and treated – as human beings with a distinct set of rights instead of as passive objects of care and charity. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Convention there is much to celebrate, from declining infant mortality to rising school enrolment, but this historic milestone must also serve as an urgent reminder that much remains to be done. Too many children still do not enjoy their full rights on par with their peers.

Abbreviated version of the CRC in child friendly language. Illustrated. Also available in other languages