English For Today chapter 5: Human Rights
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Unit Five : Human Rights
Lesson 1
Are We Aware of These Rights-I?
A. Warm up activity
Pick up the day's newspaper/s and find out stories about violation of human rights (rights of children, women, the disadvantaged, ethnic minorities etc.) and match them with the human right charters of the previous lesson. Then summarize them in a paragraph.
B. Read the following texts which are some of the articles of the Declarations of Human Rights.
Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 14. (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 16. (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
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(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance
Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference.
Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.
C. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| a. asylum | i. conducting of legal proceedings against someone |
| b. arbitrarily | ii. the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, body etc. |
| c. prosecution | iii. an inner feeling or voice which directs one's behaviour |
| d. dissolution | iv. protection granted by a nation to someone who has left his or her native country as a political refugee |
| e. conscience | v. clear or obvious to the eye or mind |
| f. manifest | vi. authentic |
| g. genuine | vii. the right to vote in political election |
| h. suffrage | viii. determined by chance, whim or impulse and not by reason or principle |
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D. Refugees who have to leave their own countries for political, economic and other reasons have to lose many of the rights above. The provision of which articles above are denied to them?
E. Work in pairs and discuss what you understand by the terms 'freedom of expression' and 'freedom of assembly'?
F. Write a paragraph on human rights violation around you.
G. The chart below shows a certain human right violation in many countries. First identify what right is being violated and then interpret the chart in your own language.
Figure: Percentage (%) of labour force occupied by children aged between 5-17 in 2017
Labels: Percentage (%) of labour force occupied by children aged between 5-17 in 2017; Boys; Girls; Middle East and North Africa; Latin America and Carribean Africa; Eastern and Southern Countries; Sub Saharan Africa; West and Central Africa; Least Developed Countries
Region Boys Girls Middle East and North Africa 8 6 Latin America and Carribean Africa 13 8 Eastern and Southern Countries 27 24 Sub Saharan Africa 30 29 West and Central Africa 32 32 Least Developed Countries 26 24 Description: Vertical bar chart; each region has a blue bar for Boys and a red bar for Girls, with the value printed above each bar. Source line below the chart: "Source: UNICEF, 2017".
Source: UNICEF, 2017
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Lesson 2
Are We Aware of These Rights-II?
A. Warm up activity
❑ Look at the pictures below. What is happening in each picture? What is common in the pictures?
❑ If these are human rights violations, write a paragraph on what you mean by human rights.
Figure
Description: Two pictures side by side. Left: white silhouettes on a black background; one figure swings a bat while another stands over a figure lying on the ground. Right: black silhouettes on a white background; one figure raises a fist toward another, who raises an arm in defence.
Credit: Reesham Shahab Tritho
Source: The financial express
B. Group work. Discuss what you would do in the following situations and why.
Some of your friends do not agree with you on certain issues. They have their own beliefs but they are few in number. Will you impose your own beliefs on them? Why/Why not?
Some people tell you that they do not like what you are doing. Will you force them to keep silent as you are very powerful? Why/Why not?
Some people dominate others who belong to different gender or race or cultural identity. Do you support them? Why/Why not?
C. Answer the following questions:
a. What is the equivalent expression for Human Rights in Bangla?
b. How are the following words related to human rights?
i. freedom of speech
ii. freedom of belief
iii. freedom of the press
iv. right to education
v. right to food
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vi. right to safe shelter
vii. social activism
viii. protection against abuse
ix. violation of privacy
c. Do you know what rights men, women and children have as human beings? Make a list. If you don't know, imagine what the rights may include.
For example
A human being has the right to express his or her opinion freely and without any fear.
i. ………………………………………………………………………………………
ii. ………………………………...........…………………………………………………
iii. ………………………………………………………………………………………
iv. …………………………………………………….…………………………………
D. Fill in gaps in the following articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with appropriate words from the box below.
Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal ... dignity and rights. They ... endowed ... reason ... conscience and ... act towards one ... in the spirit ... brotherhood.
Article 2: Everyone is entitled to ... the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration ... distinction of any kind, such ... race, colour, sex, language, religion, political ... other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or ... status. Furthermore, no distinction ... be made on the basis ... the political, jurisdictional or international status ... the country or territory to which ... person belongs.
Article 3: Everyone has the right ... life, liberty and security of person.
| of | without | and | should | in | are | with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shall | to | as | other | or | of another | all |
4.1 Work with a partner and discuss whether we enjoy all the rights mentioned in the Declaration.
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E. Read the texts in Column A and match them with Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| a. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; | i. within the borders of each state. |
| b. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman | ii. compelled to belong to an association. |
| c. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere | iii. own, and to return to his country. |
| d. All are equal before the law and are | iv. entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. |
| e. No one shall be subjected | v. to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. |
| f. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence | vi. or degrading treatment or punishment. |
| g. Everyone has the right to leave any country including his | vii. as a person before the law. |
| h. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful | viii. assembly and association. |
| i. No one may be | ix. slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. |
5.1 Work with a friend and check your answers.
5.2 Discuss whether these declarations are essentials for human beings or not.
5.3 Write your arguments in favour of or against these declarations.
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