The Declaration of Human Rights.

 

The Declaration of Human Rights. What are Human Rights?

Human rights are the rights and freedoms that we all have.

Some human rights are based on our physical needs:
the right to life, food, shelter

Other human rights protect us:
The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.

Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential:
The right to education, to work, to participate in your community.

Everybody has human rights it doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of others just as they have a duty to respect yours. NOBODY CAN TAKE YOUR RIGHT AWAY

Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the UN was set up.

What is the UN?

©       The UN is an international organisation that was established in 1945 the year the Second World War ended.

©       Its founded hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the holocaust from happening in the future.

©       So promoting human rights became an aim of the UN, along with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.

The Universal Declaration of Human rights(UDHR)

The UN universal declaration of human rights is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 Human Rights.

Who wrote the UDHR?

The people who wrote it came from Australia, Chilie, China, France, Lebanon and many more countries.

My Assignment on Desertification

What is a desert?

A desert is a dry place that gets very little rainfall every year.

Plants and animals who live in deserts have adapted in many ways so they can live in the harsh, dry environment.

What is desertification?

Desertification is the spreading of current deserts and deserts beginning to form in non- desert areas. Desertification is a big issue because with all these new deserts animals and plants are losing their homes. An estimated six million hectares of land are lost every year because of desertification.

More than 110 countries are affected by desertification.

Africa is the country that is most covered in deserts 2/3s of the country covered in dry lands or desert.

How does it occur?

The increasing human population lead to increasing demands on our already fragile environment

 Cultivation, overgrazing, deforestation and poor water management can all be contributing factors to desertification.

 The pounding of the soil by the hooves of livestock may degrade the soil and encourage erosion by wind and water- this causes desertification.

What can be done about this issue?

There are many things that are being done to try and combat desertification, these include.

©      Rehabilitate degraded land

©      Planting more seeds for new crops

©      Limiting soil disturbance

©      Reforestation

©      Appropriate animal number

©      Develop renewable energies for heating and cooking

We can do many things that will help this problem such as making people aware of desertification and educating them on what it is all about.