1. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?

а) December, 10 in 1948

b) October, 24 in 1945

c) December, 10 in 1945 2. Where was the Universal Declaration adopted?

а) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the USA

b) at the Palais de Chaillot, in Paris, France

c) at the Houses of Parliament, London, the UK 3. Who was one of the key contributors to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

а) Winston Churchill

b) Franklin Roosevelt

c) Eleanor Roosevelt 4. Which organization initiated to create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a) Amnesty International

b) the United Nations Organization.

c) Human Rights Council

5. What were the previous human rights documents which served as foundation for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a) the British Charta of St. Patrick, the American Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

b) the British Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

c) the British Magna Carta, the American Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

6. How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contain? а) 24

b) 12

c) 30

7. Which organization specializes in the field of human rights?

a) Amnesty International

b) Energy and Commerce Committee

c) UN Security Council

8. Name the world famous human rights activists.

a) Fidel Castro, Helmut Kohl, Jaques Chirac, John F Kennedy

b) Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mahatma Gandhi

c) Lionel Messi, Andre Agassi, Chuck Norris, Mike Tyson

9. When is Human Rights Day celebrated? а) June, 1 each year

b) December, 10 each year

c) November, 20 each year

10. Why is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights important? a) Because it protects and promotes individual rights.

b) Because it helps to stabilize international relations.

c) Because it promotes peace in the world.

SPEAKING

Exercise 7. Read the quotes on human rights that belong to the world famous people. Say which of them you like or dislike, who you agree with or disagree. Use the phrases from the box.

+	–
I agree with ….	I disagree with ….
I think the author is right ….	I look upon this problem from a different standpoint ….
I am of the same opinion as ….	My opinion differs from the author’s ….

The human rights we are to discuss here at Vienna are the quintessential values through which we affirm together that we are a single human community.  Former UN Secretary – General Boutros Boutros – Ghali, at the World Conference on Human Rights

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.  Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemala Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.  Chief Oren Lyons, Onandaga Nation, USA

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. We discovered that life at any price has no value whatever; that life is nothing without the privileges, the prides, the rights, the joys which make it worth living, and also worth giving. And we also discovered that there is something more hideous, more atrocious than war or than death; and that is to live in fear.  Eve Curie, French author, speaking to the American Booksellers Association, New York, 9 April 1940

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former US President

WRITING

Exercise 8. Write a speech about the importance of equality before the law. Make your speech passionate and well-argued, read it out.

PROJECT