The role of Youth for Human Rights International is to teach the principles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights to children. Here youth speak of its valuable lessons in tolerance and peace:
“Discrimination of any sort is not born in the children’s hearts. I appeal to the good sense of the adults to let human rights prevail.”
— Daniel (age 15), Austria
“If I didn’t have human rights then I wouldn’t be able to decide my own future and career, and therefore probably wouldn’t be happy creating, doing art such as singing, acting, dancing and all the other things I love!”
— Sinead (age 14), England
“What does the idea of human rights mean? What do they stand for?... In one word, they mean tolerance.... Therefore I feel free to draw the conclusion that the [Universal] Declaration of Human Rights stands for humanity’s only chance for peace.”
— Boris (age 12), Israel
“I have sometimes heard that people are not loved because of their religion or because of what they think, but in reading the booklet I discovered that one is free to believe and to think what one wants.... What are Human Rights? has taught me that one has the right to live a beautiful life (Article 25).”
— Lise (age 9), France
