What Do You Know About Human Rights?

Protecting human rights is critical to ending global poverty.

What to know:

• These fundamental rights apply to all people without discrimination, regardless of any characteristic.
• Despite this, human rights are under assault around the world — find out how you can help protect them.
• Take our quiz to learn more about human rights.

Learn More about this cause:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been in effect for more than 70 years. Yet recent violations of basic rights such as freedom of opinion and assembly, the prohibition of torture, and the right to vote remind us that human rights are still not guaranteed to everyone, everywhere. 

From Belarus to Zimbabwe, and many other places around the world where authoritarian leadership systems threaten the basic freedoms of each country’s citizens, the latest human rights violations raise important questions. 

What exactly do human rights mean and to whom do they apply? Who monitors them and how do we work so that everyone gets to enjoy universal human rights? Start our quiz now and find out what human rights are all about.