Human Rights
According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. And yet around the world, many people are denied basic human rights, or find their rights under threat. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Human Rights” feature reporting that covers the fight for equality under the law, civil rights and the basic dignity afforded every person. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on human rights.
-
Pulitzer Center Update
Ameto Akpe at the Wilson Center
Ameto Akpe's presentation on water management in Nigeria is highlighted on the New Security Beat, a...
May 15, 2012 -
In Ivory Coast—the world’s top cocoa producer—cocoa farmers bore the brunt of a civil war that...
-
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week in Review: The Children Left Behind
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting on the military coup in...
May 4, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Student Voices: Model UN Conference Participants Discuss Child Soliders, Migrant Workers
Multimedia pieces by Pulitzer Center grantees bring discussion topics to life at Global Classrooms...
May 2, 2012 -
Education Resource
Pre-visit materials: Jen Marlowe
Introduction Gabriel Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, Southern Sudanese "Lost Boys" in the U.S...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/DiCampo_Ivory_Coast_cocoa_001.png.webp?h=88b92f87&itok=ef9QSY8P "Moussadougou (above) is a farming community that has rapidly grown to 30,000 residents over the past few decades, most of them "immigrants" from northern Ivory Coast. Image by Peter DiCampo. Ivory Coast, 2012.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/student.voices.pulitzer.center.5.jpg.webp?h=495b66cb&itok=-yf0kLH6 ""If I could tell the world one thing about migrant workers, I would tell them that they move for a better life and not to be treated unfairly."")
