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UNITED FORHUMAN RIGHTSMAKING hUMAN RIGhTS A GLOBAL REALITy

The world’s largest human rights education initiative,sponsored by the Church of Scientology



Watch this DVD for an overview of the United for Human Rights campaign

Making Human Rights a Reality:

An Introduction (8:00)

Leaders and Officials Speak on Human Rights (5:26)

The Story of Human Rights documentary (9:39)

Youth for Human Rights

Public Service Announcements (28:32)

HUMAN RIGHTSUNITED FORMAKING hUMAN RIGhTS A GLOBAL REALITy

Sponsored by the Church of Scientology



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SUPPORTING GLOBAL

Human Rights awareness

CENTRAL to SCIENTOLOGY BELIEfS is a CONVICTION

that all HUmANKIND is entitled to INALIENABLE RIGHTS.

This publication is one o a seriespresented by the Church o

Scientology International to eetreuests or ore inorationabout the Scientology religionand its support o globalhuanitarian initiatives and socialbetterent progras.

These programs are in growing demand

among individuals, organizations and

agencies seeking workable tools to

address such issues as substance

abuse, illiteracy, crime and immorality,

the erosion of human rights and

the human tragedies that follow

natural and man-made disasters.

Early in his research into the

human mind and spirit, author,

humanitarian and Scientology Founder

L. Ron Hubbard emphasized that

spiritual freedom and enlightenment

were all but unattainable goals

to individuals denied their most

fundamental human rights.

Accordingly, he wrote the Code of aScientologist, calling on all members of

the religion to dedicate themselves “to

support true humanitarian endeavors

in the fields of human rights.” In doing

so, he laid the groundwork for what

has become a global movement of

advocates for the human rights of all people, regardless of their social

condition, ethnicity or religious affiliation.

Today, Scientologists on five

continents engage in collaborative

efforts with government agencies and

nongovernmental organizations to

bring about broad-scale awareness

and implementation of the 1948

United Nations Universal Declaration

of Human Rights, the world’s

premier human rights document.

The information in this publication gives

an overview of the efforts of the Church

and its members to bring about global

awareness of and respect for humanrights. We welcome the participation

and collaboration of all who share

the goal of a world where human

rights are an everyday reality for all.

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MAkING HUMAN RIGHTS



a GLOBAL REALITY



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about Human RightsEDUCATING PEOPLE ACROSS ThE GLOBE

IN T RODUCT ION

1.5MILLION

childrenTRAFFICKED WORLD

WIDEeach year

We are conronted daily with news o ethnic conlicts, inhuane practices,

civil unrest and war. The media is filled with stories of human

rights violations—from domestic violence

and school bullying to corruption and

poverty and government-sanctioned

discrimination. All the while, a majority

of the world’s population does not even

know what human rights are and that

they are entitled to them.

Amnesty International reports human

rights violations in some 160 countries—

and not only developing countries. Some

18,000 individuals are trafficked into the

United States each year, many of them

forced into sexual and labor exploitation.

An estimated 1.5 million primary school

children are trafficked around the world

annually. Another 171 million, most under

age 15, work in hazardous conditions.

For more than 40 years Scientologists

have championed the United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(UDHR). In 1969, L. Ron Hubbard

reprinted the UDHR in the Church’s

Freedom Magazine and wrote:

“The United Nations came up with the

answer. An absence of human rights

stained the hands of governments

and threatened their rules. Very few

governments have implemented any part

of the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights. These governments have not

grasped that their very survival depends

utterly upon adopting such reforms andthus giving their peoples a cause, a

civilization worth supporting, worth their

patriotism.”

Inspired by Mr. Hubbard’s words that

“Human rights must be made a fact,

not an idealistic dream,” Scientologists

support what has become the world’s

largest nongovernmental human

rights education initiative. In 1998,

the Church launched the European

Journey for Religious Freedom, an

eight-country marathon that took the

human rights message to millions. The

annual marathon expanded to a 4000-

km “multathlon” across Europe and

subsequently in the United States.

The Church and its members now

support the secular grass-roots

educational programs of Youth for

Human Rights International (YHRI) and

United for Human Rights (UHR). YHRI,

founded in 2001, teaches youth about

human rights and inspires them to

become advocates for tolerance and

peace. Founded in 2008, on the 60th

anniversary of the Universal Declaration,

UHR unites individuals, organizations

and governments in raising awareness of

and respect for human rights at all

levels of society.



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MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

With the support o the Church o Scientology, ultiedia huan

rights aterials educate and raiseawareness, reaching ore than100 illion individuals worldwideeach year.

The United Nations’ Universal

Declaration of Human Rights became

the specific educational focus of the

program after surveys showed that less

than 10 percent of the population knew

of the existence of the Declaration and

even fewer could name more than one

or two of the 30 basic rights articulated

in the document.

An array of multimedia educational

materials was created to rectify this

situation. What are Human Rights?

—a booklet created by Youth for Human

Rights International in 2001—contains a

fully illustrated version of the Declaration

that makes human rights understandable

for young people. As many as 300,000

copies of the booklet are distributed

each year in 17 languages through 310

YHRI chapters across 70 countries.

United for Human Rights distributes

a version of the booklet tailored for

adults, which includes the full text of the

Universal Declaration and its historical

background.

To make the 30 rights of the Declaration

universally accessible, the Church

also sponsored the production of

30 public service announcements.

These PSAs are broadcast to tens of

millions of viewers around the world in

17 languages.

As a further educational tool, The

Story of Human Rights documentary

was created to pictorially chronicle the

history of human rights from ancient

times to the present. The film conveys

the importance of human rights to

all ages. Pointing to the widespread

abuses today, it invites participation to

implement the UDHR’s provisions.

Human rights information and action

kits are another component of the

educational resources available. With

Church of Scientology support, Youth

for Human Rights International and

United for Human Rights have provided

over 137,000 such kits to human rights

groups, educators and government

agencies.

These award-winning educational

materials have catalyzed a grass-rootsmovement of human rights advocates

whose influence is now felt in nearly

every corner of the world. One legislator

expressed the view of thousands of

government officials and educators

when he described the materials as “the

most effective tool for the promotion of

human rights that I have seen.”

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ABOUT THE P ROGRAM



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“30 Rights, 30 Ads”

A COMPELLING VOICE FOR hUMAN

RIGhTS, INSPIRING MILLIONS

The increasing interest o youngpeople in learning their huanrights generated by the What are

Human Rights? booklet led to thecreation o 30 educational publicservice announceents (PSAs), eachdepicting one o the huan rightslaid out in the Universal Declaration.

The award-winning “30 Rights, 30

Ads” PSAs, available in 17 languages,

have aired in more than 100 countries

on CNN International, Sky News and

National Geographic Channel. They

are screened on buses, in malls,

theaters, sports stadiums, train

stations and airports, and are used to

introduce human rights lessons and

lectures in schools, community centers

and other educational settings.

Numerous educators and officials

responsible for teaching human rights to

young people enthusiastically endorse

this educational tool:

“We’ve shown the public service

announcements in our HumanRights Institute gallery. Almost

every student who goes by

stops at that screen and spends

more time watching the public

service ads than any of the

written material.” —Educator,

Network of International Studies

“The videos and booklets put

out by Youth for Human Rights

International and United for Human

Rights can be useful in public and

private schools, as they simplify

the Universal Declaration so

that this vital document can be

understood by children of middle

school and high school

age. I commend these

organizations for the

work they are doing to

bring these resources to

educational institutions.”

—Representative, Coalitionfor a Strong United Nations

“By your remarkable

learning tools—including

the video portrayals

of all 30 articles of the

Universal Declaration

and accompanying

human rights education

materials—and by your

challenging student

projects designed to place youthin leadership roles within their

communities, Youth for Human

Rights International and its Liberia

chapter are important voices in

Liberia’s human rights education

process.” — Vice president, Republic

of Liberia

ABOUT THE P ROGRAM

“30 Rights, 30 Ads” PSAs

have been viewed by tens ofmillions across 100 countries inevery conceivable venue andbroadcast medium.

“30 Rights, 30 Ads”



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Because “30 Rights, 30 Ads” provides

a meaningful and readily available

presentation that raises awareness,

the PSAs are used in a variety of

settings in many countries.

In South Africa, they air on national

television. Youth for Human Rights

volunteers screen them to thousands

of students in workshops. The city of

Johannesburg partners with Youth for

Human Rights to further utilize these

and other materials to raise human

rights awareness among youth.

In Ecuador, the Youth for Human

Rights chapter aired the public service

messages to 4.5 million television

The “30 Rights, 30 Ads”PSAs playing in aMoscow megamall.

viewers, while concurrently delivering

seminars to thousands of teachers

and students. So effective was this

nationwide campaign in raising

awareness that the Ecuador Ministry of

Heritage officially adopted the Youth for

Human Rights program.

In Russia, “30 Rights, 30 Ads”

has played to 10 million viewers inmegamalls, Moscow airports, St.

Petersburg trade centers, cineplexes

and train stations. The president of

Russia’s Interregional Association of

Ombudsmen, responsible for defending

citizens against government abuse,

likewise formally adopted the program

to train human rights commissioners.



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30hUMAN

RIGhTS

Each of the “30 Rights, 30 Ads” PSAs illustrates an article of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights through scenarios that appealto anyone of any age.

30PUBLIC

SERVICE Messages

1 WE ARE ALL BORN FREE & EQUAL

5 NO TORTURE

9 NO UNFAIRDETAINMENT

13 FREEDOM TO MOVE

18 FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

27 COPYRIGHT

22 SOCIAL SECURITY

19 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

28 A FAIR AND FREE WORLD

23 WORKERS RIGHTS

2 DON’T DISCRIMINATE

6 YOU HAVE RIGHTS NO MATTERWHERE YOU GO

10 THE RIGHT TO TRIAL

14 THE RIGHT TO SEEK ASAFE PLACE TO LIVE

3 THE RIGHT TO LIFE

7 WE ARE ALL EQUALBEFORE THE LAW

11 WE’RE ALWAYS INNOCENTTILL PROVEN GUILTY

15 THE RIGHT TO ANATIONALITY

20 THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

29 RESPONSIBILITY

24 THE RIGHT TO PLAY

4 NO SLAVERY

8 YOUR HUMAN RIGHTSARE PROTECTED BY LAW

12 THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY

16 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

21 THE RIGHT TO DEMOCRACY

30 NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAYYOUR HUMAN RIGHTS

25 FOOD ANDSHELTER FOR ALL 26 THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION

17 THE RIGHT TO YOUROWN THINGS



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Human Rights to Life AUDIOVISUAL ELEMENTS TO BRING

The il The Story of Human Rights isa key coponent o the huan rightseducation capaign, introducing

viewers o all ages to their ostundaental reedos.

The Story of Human Rights is a striking

10-minute documentary defining one

of the world’s most misunderstood

subjects. It appeals to people of all

ages with a brief journey through the

history of human rights, culminating in

the signing of the Universal Declaration

of Human Rights at the United Nations

in 1948.

The film premiered at an International

Human Rights Summit in Geneva

to an audience of United Nations

ambassadors, officials, human rights

advocates and youth delegates from

30 countries.

Now widely used by teachers,

community leaders, human rights

activists and others, this short film has

also aired throughout the world, on

Biography Channel, History Channel,

Discovery Channel, The Learning

Channel and other U.S. TV stations,

as well as on European, African and

Asian channels, reaching millions

of viewers.

“Student groups to whom I’ve shown

The Story of Human Rights found

it inspiring. They perceived it as

a catalyst for social change and

becoming more involved in their

communities. They really took home

the final message in the video and

the materials, which is that human

rights start with the individual and

at home with people like them.”

—Resource developer, Ethiopian

Community Development Council

“The Story of Human Rights is a

fantastic video. In a very short time,

it gives a great overview as to howhuman rights came about, and their

importance and history. They are not

something recent but have evolved

over many thousands of years.

That information is very valuable

to our trainees because it gives the

foundation on which the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights was

built.” —Police inspector, Canada

“I use the material as part of

teaching a course on human rightsand the Constitution. The DVD is

a very important means to raise

awareness about the importance

of respect for a culture of human

rights.” —University professor

ABOUT THE P ROGRAM

The

STORY O F hU MA NR I G h T S

Award-Winning film

TELLy AWAR DBRONZE AWARD

ThE AURORA AWARDPLATINUM AWARD

CLEARWATER FILMFESTIVAL AWARD

BEST DOCUMENTARy

ThE COMMUNICATOR

AWARD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

BALFEST INTERNATIONALFILM FESTIVAL AWARD

GRAND PRIZE



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Responding to the need or

high‑uality and eective

instructional aids, Youth or Huan

Rights and United or Huan Rightshave provided tens o thousands

o educators worldwide with

educational aterials. These are

presented ree o charge to teachers,

college and university proessors,

huan rights organizations,

legislators, diploats and United

Nations oicials.

These educational resources invite

participation by students with

emphasis on enabling them to relate

and apply what they learn to their

everyday lives.

The Youth for Human Rights Education

Package contains the following:

■ The Youth for Human Rights

Educator’s Guide, containing

lesson plans, activities, ideas for

engaging the students in humanrights education and a list of specific

correlations of the lessons to

model education standards. Short

biographies of famous humanitarians

provide sterling examples of human

rights application.

■The Story of Human Rights film

defining human rights by telling the

dramatic story of their history and

development

■“30 Rights, 30 Ads” public service

announcements

■What are Human Rights? booklet.

24 student copies are provided for

reference and use during lessons.

Youth for Human Rights andUnited for Human RightsEducation Packages comprisethe core of a comprehensivecurriculum that teaches humanrights to students of all ages.

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For adult students or self-study,

United for Human Rights provides

the Bringing Human Rights to Life

Education Package with its ownstudy guide, including the principal

human rights documents, complaint

procedures to remedy abuses and a

list of humanitarian and human rights

agencies. It also includes the PSAs,

The Story of Human Rights and copies

of the accompanying booklet.

Church of Scientology sponsorship

has made it possible for thousands of

educators around the world to avail

themselves of these premier materials. They and their students benefit in ways

best expressed by the teachers and

students themselves.

“I’ve so far done the first 2 lessons

in your curriculum guide. This

curriculum is the only thing my

students ask and plead for. It’s

hard to find good materials for

middle school—so often they are‘babyish’—but these materials are

grade level appropriate and definitely

get students’ attention. I’ve noticed

how much more aware my students

are of each others’ feelings and they

have begun, some for the first time,

to have an awareness of their own

rights as human beings.” —Teacher,

Middle School, U.S.

“I feel that this program affects me

by creating a deeper regard towardhuman rights. From this point on, I’ll

feel more empathetic and respectful

of others’ rights and change how

others think about what we deserve.”

—Student, age 14

O O k L E T S , P S A s A N D f I L M , P L U S E D U C A T O R ’ S G U I D E

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Both United or Huan Rights and Youth or Huan Rights Internationalaintain interactive websites with the

ull array o resources available in17 languages.

All human rights booklets, PSAs

and The Story of Human Rights are

available to download or order online.

The websites feature an interactive

virtual educational system for anyone

teaching or learning basic human rights.

The sites also provide step-by-step

guidelines on how to start a local

chapter or enter into a partnership with

Youth for Human Rights or United forHuman Rights. Together, these human

rights sites are utilized by 2.3 million

visitors each year. Materials available

online include:

■ What are Human Rights? booklet

■ The Story of Human Rights booklet

■ “30 Rights, 30 Ads” public service

announcements

■ The Story of Human Rights

documentary

■ Key human rights documents,

listings of human rights organization

resources and stories of those who

have championed human rights

through the ages

■ A human rights petition available

for anyone to sign, demanding that

governments mandate human rights

education in schools

■ Youth for Human Rights and

Bringing Human Rights to Life

Education Packages.

The YHRI and UHR digital curriculums

include lesson plans and resources.

Any teacher may enroll online and

create a virtual classroom in which to

conduct a full education program, with

all student assignments performed

directly on

site and every

element

transformed into

downloadable

applications for

mobile devices.

As with UHR

and YHRI’s

published

materials, these

online resources

are all availableat no charge.

Interactive websitesONLINE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER

ABOUT THE P ROGRAM

www.youthforhumanrights.orgwww.humanrights.com

2.3MILLION

visits tohumanrights.com &

youthorhumanrights.org

EVERy

YEAR



The Youth for Human Rightsand United for Human Rightsdigital curriculums includelesson plans and resources to

teach human rights in both realand virtual classroom settings.



WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE are TAUGHT they have RIGHTS and WHAT THESE are, they STA



o qUESTION VIOLATIONS of those RIGHTS and they LEARN to RESPECT the RIGHTS of OTHE



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REGARDLESS of ECONOMIC or CULTURAL BACKGROUND,any INDIVIDUAL, by PARTICIPATING in these PROGRAMS,can GALVANIZE POPULAR SUPPORT for HUMAN RIGHTS.

Encircling the GlobehUMAN RIGhTS EDUCATION

A basic preise o huan rights isthat they are or everyone. Thus,regardless o econoic or cultural

background, any individual, byparticipating in these progras,can galvanize popular supportor huan rights and huan rightseducation in their own counity,city or country.

To inspire individuals to stand up

for human rights, and to ensure

this message is heard in today’s

world of turmoil and conflict, the

Church-sponsored program takes

a unique approach reaching peoplethrough awareness events that engage

them in personal participation.

International Summits

Each year the Church’s Human Rights

department and Youth for Human

Rights International co-sponsor an

International Human Rights Summit.

Young delegates from around the world

are selected to represent their nation.

At the summit, advocates profi lehuman rights issues in their countries

and discuss with other delegates how

to bring about widespread education

in the field. Delegates then return

home and expand their activities to

further promote human rights in their

own areas.

At the 2009 summit in Geneva,

Switzerland, the seat of United Nations

human rights institutions, youth

delegates conceived an “International

Walk for Human Rights” that resulted

in Youth for Human Rights walks in

Denmark, France, Germany, Holland,

Russia, Canada, the United States

and elsewhere.

Each year, the summit inspires more

walks and now counts over 10,000

participants annually across more than

80 nations.

In such ways, the annual humanrights summit both galvanizes actions

promoting human rights and raises

public awareness of their importance.

COMMUN I TY ACT IONS



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Youth for Human Rights International

World Educational Tours

Since 2004, Youth for Human Rights

International has conducted an annual

World Tour, presenting the program

to national leaders and encouraging

governments and nongovernmentalorganizations to partner in projects.

In total, the World Tour has traveled

over 385,000 miles across 70 nations,

reaching over 10 million people. In the

process, YHRI has formed alliances,

created new chapters and appointed

Ambassadors of Human Rights who in

turn disseminate the message further.

Churches of Scientology around

the world often assist in hosting

the tour and supporting its actions

to inspire leaders in their areas.

The 2011 World Tour crossed 25,000

miles through Bangladesh, Belgium,

Cambodia, Costa Rica, Honduras,

Thailand and United Nations

headquarters in New York, bringingword of human rights to more than

350,000 individuals.

The 2012 World Tour traveled 28,000

miles through Cameroon, Ethiopia,

Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Taiwan, Togo

and the United States in honor of the

United Nations literacy decade.

Each year the World Tour adds new

nations to its itinerary, thereby educating

still more to their inalienable birthright.

Marathons, dances,mural-paintings andpetition-signings area few of the manyactivities that can raisepublic awareness ofhuman rights.



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Human Rights in MexicoPAVING ThE WAy FOR RESPECT OF

mexicoʼs Youth or Huan Rightschapter was ored when YHRIʼsWorld Educational Tour visited the

country in 2004 to eet with oicialso the United Nations, governentagencies, educational institutionsand orphanages.

To address severe human rights

violations during an all-out drug war

between security forces and drug

cartels, YHR Mexico has continually

widened its scope. It has par ticipated

in rock concerts to increase

awareness, aired public service

messages on state televisionand produced a special

edition of the What are Human

Rights? booklet featuring

Mexican celebrities promoting

the human rights message.

In Ecatepec, an area with

one of Mexico’s highest

crime rates, YHR’s volunteer

instructors conducted

seminars for 50 school

principals who, in turn,implemented the curriculum in

their districts.

The National Commission of Human

Rights partners with Youth for Human

Rights and has used YHRI materials in

more than 300 seminars attended by

15,000 teenagers.

The Mexican Ministry of Environment

likewise adopted the Youth for Human

Rights campaign materials to supplement

their own education program.

YHR Mexico’s advocacy majorlycontributed to the incorporation of the

full text of the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights into the Chiapas State

Constitution, making human rights

education mandatory in that state.

YHR Mexico also provided briefings and

materials to members of the Chiapas

legislature and trained 1,000 students

and educators for the Agency of Family

Development, headed by the wife of

the governor.

With grass-roots awareness helping

to give the issue greater prominence,

the National Congress passed a

constitutional amendment, ratified by

the states and signed by the President

of Mexico on June 9, 2011, officially

incorporating the Universal Declaration

of Human Rights into the Mexican

Constitution.

This unprecedented event signals a

renaissance of human rights for theMexican people.

“I want to express my gratitude for

The Story of Human Rights and the

Universal Declaration of Human

Rights material which has been of

great use in my daily work, giving

lectures about human rights to

groups ranging from migrants to the

federal police.” —Executive, National

Migration Institute of Mexico

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HUMANR I G h T S

MATERIALS

CASE S TUDY

On June 9, 2011, thePresident of Mexico signedan amendment, ratified by allstates, officially incorporatingthe Universal Declarationof Human Rights into theMexican Constitution.



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Human Rights in Taiwan yOUTh LEARNING ThEIR

With 10 percent o Taiwanese studentsreportedly victiized by bullying inschools every day, Youth or Huan

Rights Taiwan actively works to raiseawareness aong youth.

Since YHR Taiwan’s formation in

2004, its objective has been to reach

schools with human rights education,

empowering youth to protect their own

rights and the rights of others. To carry

out this objective, the YHR Taiwan team

has aligned its activities with human

rights events commonly observed

throughout the world.

On the International Day of Tolerance,

celebrated annually on November 16,

YHR organizes such

events as a human

rights lecture tour

that visits remote

elementary schools

in the Pingtung

County in southwest

Taiwan.

YHR also holds

public events andschool presentations

in Kaohsiung each

December 10,

International Human Rights Day.

Hundreds of students gather

for impromptu performances

demonstrating articles of the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights. One

such performance was a play staged

by young advocates at a Kaohsiung

elementary school, enacting the human

right “Don’t Discriminate.”

Throughout the year, YHR conducts

seminars and presentations in

elementary and middle schools,

lectures in universities and petition

drives across the country. To date,

these presentations have reached59,000 students in 435 schools. The

message has been further disseminated

with thousands of news articles, TV and

radio appearances, and through human

rights public service messages aired on

50 stations to 6 million viewers.

The positive response and

demonstrable change among school

students are a testimony to the

program’s effectiveness and led the

Minister of Education to officiallyappoint Youth for Human Rights as

a member of Taiwan’s Human Rights

Education Council.

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A NETWORK

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across I N D I A

India is a nation struggling with abroad range o huan rights issues.

Some 30 percent of the population livesbelow the international poverty line.

Institutionalized discrimination still exists

in the specter of the caste system,

and is also leveled against women and

religious minorities.

At the heart of the Church-sponsored

social betterment initiatives is the

conviction that what begins with one

voice can spread across a whole

population through a grass-roots

campaign, and nowhere is this more

true than in India. Since 2009, Youth for

Human Rights India has expanded to

112 chapters and

affiliated groups,

and YHR’s social

networking site

has thousands of

members of all

ages from across

the country.

Partnering with

organizations suchas the nonprofit

Jyoti Foundation,

YHR India has

sponsored

human rights education to thousands

of students and police cadets and

generated more than 10,000 online

requests for materials. Ten thousand

police cadets have been trained in

YHRI’s materials, and the military has

used them to teach human rights.

“Ensuring protection of human

rights is an integral part of our

duty in the Indian Army. So while

we ensure that no human rights

violations take place during our

operations, we were uncertain how

to provide tangible benefits to the

extremely poor people in this area.

That is when I came to know about

the remarkable campaign that

your organization is running. After

receiving more information on the

subject of human rights in the form

of information booklets, DVDs and

pamphlets, I have been driven to

actively take up the cause of human

rights and spread the noble message

far and wide.” —Commanding

Officer, Indian National Army

With Youth for Human Rights materialsdistributed across the nation, YHR India

and its partners delivered seminars

to 20,000 people in two years. This

resulted in “Walks for Human Rights” in

30 Indian cities, drawing attention to the

need for global human rights education.

Across a SubcontinentSPREADING hUMAN RIGhTS

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A WORLDWIDE COALITION of ACTIVISTS and

GROUPS UNITED to TEACH HUMAN RIGHTS.



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The Church of Scientology International

Dissemination and Distribution Center in

Los Angeles, California, stands at the heart of

the global humanitarian initiatives supported by

Churches of Scientology and Scientologists. In

addition to generating dissemination materials

for the more than 10,000 Scientology Churches,

Missions and affiliated groups worldwide, the

center produces educational materials for all

Church-sponsored humanitarian programs. This

includes the booklets, DVDs, education packages

and petitions that form the core of the human

rights initiative. In-house production makes it

possible to provide millions of educational items

free of charge in 17 languages to human rights

organizations and educators worldwide.

to the millions

BRINGING SOLUTIONS



The Church ofScientology International

Dissemination andDistribution Center

provides educationalmaterials in 17 languages

to human rightsorganizations and

educators worldwide.



support the programPARTNERS AND LEADERS

Achieving global implementation of human rights requires

widespread human rights education.

To bring it about, for more than 40 years Churches of Scientology

and their members have initiated and supported programs that

effectively raise popular awareness of human rights and teach

them to youth and adults.

To that end, the Youth for Human Rights PSAs and The Story of

Human Rights educational film air on several hundred television

stations in dozens of countries in a typical year, while partnerships to

foster human rights have been formed with nearly 1,000 organizationsand government agencies across 80 countries.

Through these partnerships, human rights organizations and

government bodies have been supported in their mission to uplift

communities and entire regions.

Further, more than 500,000 students have been empowered with

human rights education, and over 12,000 schools worldwide have

implemented the Youth for Human Rights and Bringing Human

Rights to Life curriculums, all made available to educators free of

charge through the support of the Church of Scientology.



Hundreds of organizations and governments have joined forces with

United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights, helping to educate

tens of millions across 190 countries. Following is a sampling from those

who have experienced the results.

GOVERNmENTS

W hat you have done to promote international human rights is second

to none. There have been attempts by other people and other

organizations to create and do some things on international human

rights, but I think the Church’s international human rights program has

reached a pinnacle no one else has reached. —Political Director, Labor

Council, U.S.

By getting the message into the schools, you are starting off an entire

generation of people who are going to ultimately make decisions

long term on where human rights go from now into the 22nd and 23rd

centuries. —State Representative, Florida

h

uman rights is not an abstraction. It is a very real thing that happens

every day, that we have to defend and advance and deliver. So

the everyday situations presented in the PSAs are exactly the way to

communicate human rights. —Secretary, National Government,

Philippines

The development of policies established by the higher command

requires prevention programs in the national army. To strengthen

the participation of the civilian population and international community

in these programs, our battalion of the National Army has adopted the

Youth for Human Rights program. The program demonstrates a simple

approach to the problem, and the audiovisual support material is excellent

for seminars and training in human rights of our military community.—Sergeant, Battalion Advisor, Colombia

The most effective tool for the promotion of human rights that I have

seen. —Member, Legislative Council, New South Wales, Australia

I have seen your campaign for human rights. I myself have worked for

human rights in different parts of the world for the last 20 years. I have

seen no one else working to educate all people on their rights as you do.

—Politician, Sweden



EDUCATORS

I received the human rights material and have incorporated it into a

fifth-grade lesson plan on human rights. I was most impressed with

all the materials and would like to thank you very much. This material

enhanced what we were teaching and brought to life the importance of

human rights. —Teacher, U.S.

The students were very interested. Since viewing and learning their 30

human rights, they have been questioning me about events around

the world relating to human rights. The students have shown respect andempathy and the DVD provided a great learning experience.

—Teacher, Canada

The DVD of Youth for Human Rights is proving to be exceptionally

useful to me. It is an extremely attractive and effective educational

tool. I have used it on several occasions in my school. I have used it

among approximately 180 of my classes as part of their training in

Life Skills education. I am using it to educate my student volunteers

from classes 8, 9, 10 and 12 for my Service Learning Project, in which

girls have undertaken to educate about 150 slum children of the local

community. —Teacher, West Bengal, India

A s a direct result of the course, supplemental videos and trainingmaterials, my students lead a community campaign on human rights

education and have been able to help another nonprofit organization

provide support for human rights of disabled persons. As a United States

Peace Corps volunteer, I was not able to find a better program in the three

years I taught in Azerbaijan. The program was used to teach more than

150 high school and college-age youth and to motivate them to be more

active in human rights. —Educator, Azerbaijan

Iteach social studies at an alternative school for at-risk youth. My

opening unit is on human rights. This year, I folded your curriculum into

the unit and it made a huge difference. I used to show them public service

announcements produced about 15 years ago. The students barelyconnected to the images. The new videos you produced were not only

viewed once, but many times by the students’ requests! The program was

not just useful, but invigorated the classroom, stimulating discussion and

higher-level thinking. —Teacher, U.S.



HUmAN RIGHTS LEADERS

A mong religious organizations and religious groups around the

world, I don’t think anyone has done as much as the Church of

Scientology in terms of producing the essence of what the UN Declaration

of Human Rights was all about. —Dean, Graduate School, University

of Texas, U.S.

The hallmark of the great

achievement of Scientology is

recognizing the human rights of people

to the pursuit of freedom and the pursuit

of happiness, and its respect for citizens

around the world. —Advisor, Roosevelt Institute, U.S.

This campaign is for everybody. There is not one single viewpoint

dominating the whole campaign. It is designed for all Mankind.

—Commissioner, Commission for Equal Opportunity, Italy

No program in the world has the impact that the Church’s human

rights program has. And those of us that belong to other religious

organizations, regardless of what our beliefs might be, can stand with the

Church, can stand with Scientologists and say “let’s change the world.”

—President and Founder, Public Policy Institute, U.S.

This campaign empowers individuals to use these rights to work

within their community, so they know what they can expect of other

people and from their community. —United Nations Human Rights

Advisor, Guyana

The campaign gives a voice to the people who can complain but

whose voices aren’t heard. So that is what the Youth for Human

Rights campaign does—it gives a voice to the voiceless.

—Emmy Award-winning Journalist, U.S.

No other religion takes responsibility as clearly in favor of human rights

as Scientology. Its publications and campaigns represent one of the

best and most sincere efforts for human rights. —President, Human

Rights League, Spain

NO PROGRAm in the WORLD has the ImPACT that the CHURCHʼS HUmAN RIGHTS PROGRAm has.



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Global Social Betterment and HumanitarianPrograms Sponsored by the Church of Scientology

Volunteer Ministers Program: Providing indiscriminate help allover the world, this internationalcorps of volunteers worksalongside rescue workers and

global volunteer agencies atmajor disaster sites, helping over2 million people each year.

The Way to HappinessFoundation International:Working closely with schools,businesses and governments,the Foundation is raising moralstandards worldwide withwidespread distribution of The

Way to Happiness . The result:calmer, safer communities.

Applied ScholasticsInternational: Working witheducators to conquer illiteracyand raise education standardsworldwide, Applied Scholasticsprovides effective learningtools based on a revolutionarytechnology of study—tools nowemployed in over 4,000 schools.

The Truth About Drugs: Thelargest nongovernmental druginformation and preventioncampaign is educating youthabout drug abuse in 180 countries,

used by over a thousandgovernmental, law enforcementand community organizations.

United for Human Rights:UHR is making human rights aglobal reality by teaching theimportance of those rights to100 million people annually

across some 190 nations, withits publications, audiovisualpresentations and Youth forHuman Rights World Tour.

Narconon Drug RehabilitationCenters: Saving lives fromthe drug crisis is the goal ofthis global network of some50 drug rehabilitation facilitiesspanning five continents—witha success rate four times theinternational average.



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program materials or adopt any of these programs for

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