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What is Artists
for Human Rights?
Artists for Human
Rights (AFHR) was formed with the purpose of bringing artists
together with the common cause of raising awareness of human rights
around the world.
In 1948 the United
Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an attempt
to set a new standard of humane conduct following the revelations of the
Holocaust. Immediately, countries across the world came together and 191
nations ratified this declaration moving the issues of human rights to
the forefront of international importance. The UDHR articulates the 30 basic
tenets of inalienable human's rights and is the baseline people are
expected to follow. Since its ratification, the UDHR has faded into
history as human rights violations continue to plague the societies the
world over. AFHR seeks to change this fact by educating people about the
UDHR.
AFHR
purpose is educational. Artists have the ability to influence and change
opinions on a large scale through their stories, dance, music and
pictures; enlightening and elevating a culture and thus helping to bring
about more tolerance and peace in our troubled world.
AFHR
was formed as a part of the International Foundation for Human Rights
and Tolerance by artists who have taken up the challenge to make a difference and increase human
rights awareness around the world.
AFHR
is broad-based, inviting artists from all disciplines, races, creeds and
nationalities to contribute - the only prerequisite - support and
affirmation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We work
with allied organizations to bring the full force of
artistic expression to bear in the human rights arena.
AFHR
has a DVD of thirty, short, spectacular PSAs – one on each article of
the Declaration. Their strong and beautifully presented message of
tolerance and integrity communicates across the globe and
they are already getting substantial media play. They demonstrate the
power for positive change artistic expression brings to such an
important subject.
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