Human Rights : Video

The West's demand for Cassiterite is fuelling killings in Congo. Militias rely on slave labour to extract the ore, forcing locals to work in sub-human conditions.

In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt penned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10 of that year, the document was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. Read it here.

Sixty years later, less than five percent of the world knows the Declaration exists. To celebrate this milestone anniversary and to help make these rights more accessible (and viral), designer Seth Brau created this video:

This promotional video showcases the problems of human trafficking and child labor in India and Cambodia and shows how Lotus Outreach International is working to combat them.

Marjina migrated from the countryside to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with her son and four daughters after her husband died. Now she toils every day in a workshop by the Buriganga River that recycles used batteries.

Two Buddhist monks promise the Dalai Lama they’ll do everything in their power to help save Tibetan culture from destruction. Working in one of the most remote and desolate places on Earth – Zanskar, in northwest India – the monks build a school in their 1,000 year old monastery combining the best of modern and traditional education. Not content to wait for completion, they take 17 of the poorest children from nearby villages and walk over the mountains to get them into schools and monasteries. This is the story of their incredible journey.