Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids

The 30 rights set down in 1948 by the United Nations are incredibly powerful. According to the U.N., every human-just by virtue of being human-is entitled to freedom, a fair government, a decent standard of living, work, play, and education, freedom to come and go as we please and to associate with anyone we please, and the right to express ourselves freely. Every Human Has Rights offers kids an accessibly written list of these rights, commentary-much of it deeply emotional-by other kids, and richly evocative photography illustrating each right. At the end of this deceptively simple book, kids will know-and feel-that regardless of individual differences and circumstances, each person is valuable and worthy of respect

Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Published: 11/25/2008
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781426305108
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2008 pg. 42
School Library Journal 03/01/2009 pg. 163
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2009 pg. 160 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2008 pg. 1308
Multicultural Review 10/01/2009 pg. 73
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Mary Robinson, the first woman president of Ireland (1990-1997) and more recently the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), has been a human rights advocate for most of her life. She is the founder and president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and one of the Elders, a group of elder statesmen working for human rights around the world. As a professor, legislator, and lawyer, Robinson has always sought to use law as an instrument for social change, arguing landmark cases before the European Court of Human Rights as well as in the Irish courts.NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is one of the world's leading nonfiction publishers, proudly supporting the work of scientists, explorers, photographers, and authors, as well as publishing a diverse list of books that celebrate the world and all that is in it. National Geographic Books creates and distributes print and digital works that inspire, entertain, teach, and give readers access to a world of discovery and possibility on a wide range of nonfiction subjects from animals to travel, cartography to history, fun facts to moving stories. A portion of all National Geographic proceeds is used to fund exploration, conservation, and education through ongoing contributions to the work of the National Geographic Society.