Why Do People Abuse Human Rights?

What are human rights? What drives people to abuse the rights of others? What can we do to protect our rights?

Part of growing up is about expressing yourself and voicing your own opinions about major issues, such as human rights. It is also about making choices about things that will affect your life - now and later.

This book gives you clear, no-nonsense advice about human rights. It explains what our basic human rights are, and how they have been set down in a document known as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can read about controversies surrounding such issues as euthanasia, capital punishment and the right to life, and decide for yourself whether there are times when it is acceptable to abuse someone else's human rights.

Together with case studies and quotes from people with different experiences of human rights abuses, this book provides all the facts you need to make up your own mind about the subject.