Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.
Lesson #1: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Lesson #2: International Organizations
What is the International Criminal Court? What purpose does it serve?
Lesson #3: Augusto Pinochet
What human rights violations were committed under Augusto Pinochet?
Lesson #4: Slobodan Milošević
What human rights violations were committed under Slobodan Milošević? Which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated?
Lesson #5: Cambodia
What led to the Cambodian genocide? What human rights violations were committed during it?
Lesson #6: Rwanda
What led to the Rwandan genocide? What human rights violations were committed during it?
Lesson #7: Darfur
What led to the genocide in Darfur? What human rights violations were committed during it?
Lesson #8: Review