Teacher Resources
On the Human Rights Watch website, the “Topics” link provides readings, videos, photos, news articles, and other resources on a variety of global topics. These topics include: the UN’s Human Rights Council, arms, children’s rights, child labor, child soldiers, rights for persons with disabilities, education, conflict, refugees and migrants, juvenile justice, free speech, exploitation, forced labor, trafficking, health care access, peace and justice, LGBT rights, asylum seekers, torture, family and legal status, and internally displaced people.
UN Declarations and Examples
- UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
- UN Declartion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN Conventions on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UN Conventions on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Subject Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities
Curriculum Links by Province / Territory
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| New Brunswick |
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| Alberta |
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| Northwest Territories |
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| Nova Scotia |
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| Ontario |
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| Prince Edward Island |
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| Québec |
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| Saskatchewan |
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| Yukon |
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| Manitoba |
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| British Columbia |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador |
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| Nunavut |
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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