Presentation: Civil Disobedience
Miss Cameron CLN4U Unit 1
Heritage
Presentation: Civil Disobedience
Assignment:
o Working alone, or in pairs research and present a report about current international human rights issues (violations)
o Topics will be assigned on a first come, first served basis (see list below)
o Presentations: Mon June 8, 2009 NO EXCEPTIONS ( Doctor’s note required)
o Provide a printout of your slides (use ‘handouts’ 3 per page please) to Miss Cameron.
Required:
o research your topic using reputable websites
o present your findings in a 13 slide maximum Power Point Presentation (intro, 10 content slides, conclusion, sources)
o Formatting:
o use graphics and transitions to compliment your presentation (don’t overdo it!)
o have around 5 bullets per slide: elaborate orally (slides are just a guideline)
o Save to your H: Drive
o Save an email a copy to all group members- presentations must go on even if members are missing
o Answer the following:
1. Define your topic
2. What violations of human rights are happening (specific -UN Declaration of Human Rights articles # 1-30)
3. Prevalence of this issue Internationally (Range) across many nations or only a few nations who violate these rights)
4. Specific Examples of violations (current)
o could be a case(s) involving a group of persons
o could be a case(s) involving a particular individual
o entire community/state
o you may want to choose specific countries and groups
5. Current UN Resolutions or Other legislation (could be legislation enacted in the country you may have examined in #4) to protect individuals against this kind of human rights violation
6. list of all website used including the NAME of the organization on the last slide e.g. Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
*Provide a printout of your slides (use ‘handouts’ 3 per page please) to Miss Cameron.
TOPICS:
o violence against women
o death penalty & arbitrary executions
o refugees
o torture and degrading treatment
o right to abortion
o child labour
o sex trade (children/adults forced into prostitution)
o workers’ rights
o detention and imprisonment
o sexual orientation (homosexuals)
o Indigenous peoples
o arms trade
o poverty
o health/healthcare
o freedom of expression
o armed conflict
o genocide
o discrimination(racial or otherwise-so long as it is not a repeat of a topic above) e.g. apartheid in South Africa
USEFUL WEBSITES:
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/en/human-rights
Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/
United Nations Development Program: http://www.undp.org/
o Commission of Legal Empowerment of the poor:
http://www.undp.org/legalempowerment/?gclid=CIOmtcLK_5cCFQNvHgodHkCUDA
United Nations: http://un.org
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children: http://www.womenscommission.org/
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/
etc.