How to: Amnesty Presentations

Asking your teacher for a few minutes before class begins to give a presentation on Amnesty International is a great way to get people involved in your group.

Things You Should Include in Your Speech:

HUMAN RIGHTS

  • What are human rights? Give examples. They are inalienable, indivisible, and interdependent
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights — its history, meaning, and what it contains
  • Other examples of human rights documents (Convention Against Torture, Convention on the Rights of a Child)
  • Commitment of governments to respect human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

  • How do governments violate human rights?
  • How do non-state actors violate human rights?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

  • History
  • Mandate
  • How we function
  • Our characteristics: effective, impartial, diverse, unrelenting, independent, democratic, self-governing, accurate, and reliable

PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT

  • Can one person make a difference
  • Does Amnesty work?
  • How will joining Amnesty contribute to human rights work?
  • Take Action Challenge: bring out a current Amnesty action or petition

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