Exercise 3. Answer the questions.

1. How many countries are member of the UN?

2. In what document are the human rights principles enshrined?

3. When was the UDHR adopted?

4. What does civil society need to understand?

5. What does the UDHR establish?

6. Where do human rights exist?

7. What are human rights based on?

8. What does universality mean?

9. How do rights exist?

10. Are we born with rights?

11. Does any government or person have the right to deny anyone’s basic human rights?

12. What set of rights can be sacrificed for another?

Exercise 4. Find out whether the following statements are true, false or

you can’t tell from the reading if it is true or false.

1. The UN is a worldwide organization made up of 199 governments.

2. The headquarter of the UN is in New York.

3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1949.

4. Governments are responsible for the protection of human rights.

5. Fundamental human rights and basic freedoms are guaranteed to all persons.

6. Human rights exist in all sphere of life.

7. Rights exist with regard to nationality, race and sex.

8. All rights belong to person from the moment of birth.

9. Human rights are related to each other in the sphere of politics and economics.

10. Rights are interrelated and interdependent.

11. The right to education can be sacrificed for the right to life.

Exercise 5. Match the words according to the text.

Powerful, Universal Declaration, fundamental, basic, decent, human, regard to, basic, human rights, equal, the UDHR, fox rights, example, principles, principles, human right, living dignity, nationality, tool, Human Rights, freedoms, needs and rights

Exercise 6. Choose the correct word from the two given in these sentences.

1. The theory/concept of Human Rights is a powerful tool. 2. 189 governments/countries are members of the United Nations. 3.Fundamental human rights are guaranteed to / accepted by all people. 4. Governments take actions to establish / to protect the human rights of all persons. 5. We can teach / educate our governments to make real the UDHR principles for all people. 6. Human rights are established/exist in all spheres of life. 7. Right to well being / decent living is among human rights. 8. Human rights are based on fundamental principles / understanding of respect for human dignity, equality and non-discrimination. 9. Universality/indivisibility means that human rights belong to everyone. 10.Universality/inalienability means all rights belong to all persons / men from the moment of birth. 11. All people have the same basic responsibilities / needs and rights. 12. No one set /code of rights can be sacrificed for another.

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