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.
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Pulitzer Center Update
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: Healing for Syrian Refugees
This week's news on all things Pulitzer Center Education.
April 11, 2016 -
Lesson Plans
Human Rights Reporting
Students will critically examine the legal, professional and moral obligations of journalists as witnesses to all kinds of human rights violations.
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Lesson Plans
The Power of Poetry
In this lesson, students investigate educational resources using diverse media in order to understand how poetry can be used as a means of communication.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Adam Matthews Named a Finalist for Deadline Club Awards
Pulitzer Center grantee Adam Matthews's "Toxic Fashion" selected as a finalist in Magazine...
April 6, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: School and Identity
This week's news on all things Pulitzer Center Education.
March 31, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Treating Trauma
Syrian-American doctor's 'moral obligation' leads him back to Middle East.
March 29, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
World Water, Public Health Crises Explored at 2016 Environmental Film Festival
Documentaries screened focus on critical water, health and environmental issues around the globe...
March 28, 2016
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/12_110304_ZhangZhiru-043-1024x682.jpg.webp?h=69f2b9d0&itok=R82SJWZ3 "A "black" factory in Shenzhen that churns out small metal parts. Workers here lack safety equipment and injuries are common. Image by Jocelyn Baun, China, 2011.")
![Mike Pinay](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-30-16/mike_pinay.jpg.webp?h=8bf96674&itok=4jm8HmAJ "For her project "Signs of Your Identity," photographer Daniella Zalcman juxtaposed her subjects against the former residential schools they once attended in Saskatchewan. In 2008, the Canadian government apologized for the residential school system, which a commission officially labeled "cultural genocide" last year. "It was the worst 10 years of my life," said Mike Pinay, pictured against the residential school he attended from 1953 to 1963. "I was away from my family from the age of 6 to 16. How do you learn about family? I didn't know what love was. We weren't even known by names back then. I was a number." Image by Daniella Zalcman. Canada, 2015.")
