Facts About Human Rights

 

As many as 300,000 children currently serve in government forces or armed rebel groups. Some are as young as eight years old.

Human Rights Watch

 

 

75% of the refugees and internally displaced in the world are women who have lost their families and their homes.

Women's Learning Partnership

 

 

There are approximately 250 million child laborers worldwide: Asia accounts for 153 million and Africa for 80 million.

Women's Learning Partnership

 

 

The ongoing murder, rape, and torture of civilians in eastern Congo by soldiers and armed combatants has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, several thousand of them fleeing across international borders.

Human Rights Watch

 

 

Nearly half of all sex workers in Cambodia are under the age of 15.

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It is estimated that half of all child sex tourists are United States citizens.

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At least 200,000 children have been forced into the sexual slavery industry in the United States.

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Each year, 1.25 million children are trafficked for sex or labor.

Agence France-Presse

 

 

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on December 10th 1948. In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations created this document to guarantee the same human rights to every person in the world.

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One third of births around the world are not registered, creating 40 million children -- "invisible" children -- each year, who may not be able to prove their nationality, own land, or even register for school.

UNICEF