Human Rights - Steps To Take

You have looked at the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  You have also watched the film Human Rights.  Keeping all of this in mind, spend 10-15 minutes writing in your journal about human rights.  If you have trouble getting started, try answering these questions.

Torture of criminal suspects with the aim of extracting confessions is a routine practice in many countries.  Is there ever a time when this kind of behaviour is justified?

Low-paid workers, often children, toil in sweatshops around the world.  How do you think we (in Canada) could best address the problem of worker exploitation?  What is the best way to ensure that companies adhere to a code of labour standards?

Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that human rights are protected around the world?  Does Canada have a responsibility or even a right to intervene in countries where violations are occurring?

Recently I read this post in a blog that I follow.

I wanted to be sure that the information he posted was accurate so I checked for information in a reliable source.

What do we do now?


Guillermo E. Rishchynski Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

Stephen Harper

Elizabeth May

When looking for reliable news sources, I would recommend the following:

• CBC
• BBC
• The Guardian (newspaper)
• Globe and Mail
• Russia Today
• Al Jazeera

There are other sources that are good - just make sure that you check your information against other sources and look for bias and accuracy.