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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UN peacekeepers have been stationed throughout Haiti to help stabilize the country and protect...
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From the slums of Nairobi to the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic to the far reaches of...
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Pulitzer Center Update
"Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds"
Pulitzer Center grantees Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac uncover stories of peace among...
March 9, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
"Too Young to Wed" Takes Second Place in Pictures of the Year International
Too Young To Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides wins second place in the issue reporting...
March 1, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Cuba: Tracey Eaton Highlights Recent Reporting
Pulitzer Center grantee Tracey Eaton highlights recent interviews with Cuba experts, including an...
February 29, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Voices of Haiti Performance in Port-au-Prince
Two years after the catastrophic earthquake, Kwame Dawes returned to Haiti to relay, through a...
February 24, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Photography by Richard Mosse Featured in The New York Review of Books
One of Richard Mosse's unique infra-red photographs from Congo can be seen in The New York Review of...
February 22, 2012 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Photographs of Post-Quake Haiti: Andre Lambertson at The University of Virginia
Andre Lambertson presents his photographs of post-quake Haiti at the University of Virginia and...
February 20, 2012