Human Rights

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Human rights are within the pages of United Nations documents and international agreements, but they are also within our daily lives. Our interpretation determines how we relate to and treat each other.

These rights make up the daily fabric of how we tend to live individually and as a community. The rights to life, food, shelter, freedom of expression, freedom from violence, religious freedom – these are all human rights to which we are all entitled. The United Nations has codified many human rights in documents called conventions and treaties, which are ratified by member countries that promise to adhere by their rules. They are described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Guaranteeing these rights for us and for others is what building a human rights culture is all about.

Breakthrough uses media, pop culture and education to build this culture of human rights so that we can learn to be tolerant, diverse, respectful and respected world citizens.