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"A credible commitment to human rights starts with yourself. Human rights are not only for others to fight for, they are also an inspiration for how you want to treat and live yourself".
Pierre Stutz, author of the book "Humanity NOW!"
to the 13 HUMAN topics
HUMAN music offers many opportunities to realise your own HUMAN music projects, such as performances or concert readings with recitations from UN human rights or world literature. Here are some materials that you can use for your project.
The sixty-minute suite for orchestra and percussion was composed by Helge Burggrabe and recorded with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, with Elbtonal Percussion & pianist John Kameel Farah, conducted by Duncan Ward.
Available as CD, Vinyl or digital on Spotify, Apple Music, amazon, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz.
The HUMAN Music can be realised with 41 or 30 musicians. You can get the score for a small nominal fee. Write to us here with a note about your project or project idea.
The aim and great opportunity is to interpret HUMAN music on themes of being human in dance.
The authors of the script Amaya Lubeigt and Wilfried van Poppel were the lead choreographers of the HUMAN Community Dance premiere in summer 2021. In addition, they direct HUMAN Community Dance school projects and initiated the successful concept "Five days to dance".
Since 1948, the UN human rights have formed an important basis for peaceful and respectful coexistence of people worldwide - and yet they have not been realised.
Thus, it is also important in the pedagogical context to focus more on human rights education.
Therefore, we have compiled some HUMAN materials here and also references to institutions that can provide support.
In this script you will find a short description of each of the 13 HUMAN themes with suggestions for implementation in school and non-school educational work as well as references to the exercises and texts in the "COMPASS Handbook on Human Rights Education" of the German Institute for Human Rights Education.
Eine Leseprobe des Skripts kannst du here. We will be happy to send you the complete german script on request, free of charge. But please note, that there is no English version of the script available, yet. Mehr Infos zum KOMPASS Handbuch bekommst du here.
The author Susanne Krämer from the Institute for Teacher:ing Education, University of Leipzig, is head of the project "Mindfulness in Education and Higher Education Culture (ABiK)", university of Leipzig and coordinator of the research network "Mindfulness in Education". In 20019 she published her book "Awake School. With mindfulness and presence". (only available in german)
The book offers accompanying texts, poems and film tips on the HUMAN Vision and the 13 HUMAN themes.
The basic message von Pierre Stutz lautet: Ein glaubwürdiges Engagement für die Menschenrechte beginnt bei dir selbst. Menschenrechte sind nicht nur für die anderen zu erkämpfen, sie sind auch Inspiration dafür, wie du selbst mit dir umgehen und leben möchtest.
You can find the german version of the book in the online store des Kulturbüros Buggrabe, beim Patmos oder im (Online-)Buchhandel. Für Schulen gibt es ab einer Bestellung von 10 Büchern einen Rabatt.
Pierre Stutz, who co-authored the book with Helge Burggrabe, is a theologian, spiritual teacher and best-selling author. His books have been translated into over 40 languages. Website
In this script you will find didactic-methodical ideas for using the book "Menschlichkeit JETZT!" by Pierre Stutz and Helge Burggrabe and the "COMPASS Handbook on Human Rights Education" for human rights education, inside and outside school (with annotated film list and own worksheets).
A german reading sample you can download here. We provide you with the complete script as a download free of charge on request.
The author Gerhard Ziener teaches at the Pedagogical-Theological Centre (ptz) in Stuttgart as a lecturer on the topics: Denominational cooperation, methodology and didactics of competence-oriented teaching and learning.
Inspired by the HUMAN composition, Soroptimists from the Leer-Papenburg club, working together with many people from the region, started to film 11 of the 13 HUMAN themes.
The result is an extraordinary, socio-cultural cinema film involving around 200 people from theatre, dance and human rights groups, school classes, church parishes, associations, aid organisations and a retirement home ... Click here for more information.
Are you planning your own HUMAN event or would you like to bring our project to the world? Contact us, to receive free tickets and posters.
All important information about the HUMAN International Culture project at a glance, in our six-column leaflet.
For mailing or distribution, available in German and English.
Event notices for your own HUMAN projects can be printed on the open space.
Auf die Freifläche können (Veranstaltungs-) Hinweise zu eigenen HUMAN-Projekten gedruckt werden.
Numerous institutions and organisations committed to human rights provide materials for education in and out of school, for example:
Advocates for people who are discriminated against, persecuted, arrested or tortured because of their opinions or political activities. Amnesty international (AI) creates publicity through campaigns and makes it clear, among other things through letter campaigns to those in positions of responsibility, that human rights violations will not be overlooked. Focus: political prisoners, torture. AI is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the world's largest human rights organisation. (Links only available in German)
Draws attention to human rights violations worldwide, "gives victims a voice". The aim of the international work is to create legal and moral foundations for lasting change towards more justice and an end to human rights violations. A Fundamental Rights Report on the situation of civil and human rights in Germany is published annually.
Advocates for people who are discriminated against, persecuted, arrested or tortured because of their opinions or political activities. Amnesty international (AI) creates publicity through campaigns and makes it clear, among other things through letter campaigns to those in positions of responsibility, that human rights violations will not be overlooked. Focus: political prisoners, torture. AI is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the world's largest human rights organisation. (Links only available in German)
Funded by the Bundestag, it is "Germany's independent national human rights institution. It works to ensure that Germany upholds and promotes human rights at home and abroad. The Institute also accompanies and monitors the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and has established corresponding monitoring bodies for this purpose."
Draws attention to human rights violations worldwide, "gives victims a voice". The aim of the international work is to create legal and moral foundations for lasting change towards more justice and an end to human rights violations. A Fundamental Rights Report on the situation of civil and human rights in Germany is published annually.
Together with local partners, supports projects in Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America in the sense of helping people to help themselves. Central themes are the fight for human rights, for accessible drinking water, the fight against AIDS, climate change and urban poverty. Typical areas of work are development of the health system, adult education, promotion of small businesses, self-help housing, promotion of women. Numerous materials for educational work.
Is an internationally active non-governmental organisation and campaigns worldwide for freedom of the press and against censorship. With reference to the right to freedom of opinion and expression, it is committed, among other things, to journalists imprisoned for political reasons. Offers for young people, world map of press freedom.
Advocates for the human rights of children by supporting projects worldwide against hunger, child labour, child prostitution, child trafficking and their use as child soldiers. We "help refugee children, care for victims of war, violence and abuse and provide education and training". In the "International Youth Network" or also "National Youth Network" of terre des hommes, young people are committed to the rights of children and young people. Terre des Hommes offers numerous teaching ideas, materials and action proposals on the topic of "children's rights".
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Is committed to combating discrimination against women worldwide and advocates for an equal and self-determined life for women and girls. The focus is on the fight against domestic and sexual violence, forced marriage and honour crimes, female genital mutilation as well as trafficking in women and prostitution. (Links only available in German).
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Opposes the criminalisation of sea rescue and demands safe escape routes and humane reception of people who have had to flee from politics. Safe havens: Municipalities and districts that welcome these people form a counter-voice to the policy of sealing people off. The intention is that people everywhere join and plan actions themselves.
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Describes "modern slavery" in terms of exploitation through forced labour, prostitution, underpayment, forced marriage, eviction and other forms of exploitation of lack of rights and poverty. A quarter of "modern slaves" are children. There are projects in numerous countries together with local organisations.
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Understands itself as an "inspiring vision of fundamental ethical principles for the development of a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century". It aims to create a transition to a sustainable way of life and human development. The Ecumenical Initiative One World is the German coordinating body of the international Earth Charter movement.
Is an international, Christian human rights organisation. Christians of different denominations are committed to the abolition of torture. They want to encourage Christians and Christian churches "to a credible commitment against the death penalty and torture. (Links only available in German)
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Aims to support young people's own initiative, their voluntary commitment and assumption of responsibility through counselling and promotion. The foundation issues publications and working materials and invites to further training courses. It addresses volunteers and professionals from the youth education sector.
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Is an association of institutions and persons from districts in Baden-Württemberg. The alliance has set itself the goal of being concretely and locally active in the Swabian Alb region. The aim is to deal with misanthropy, to provide counselling, professional networking, and to develop training modules for youth social work and education. (Links only available in German).
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Nuremberg was the city of the Reich Party Rallies, where anti-Jewish race laws were passed, but it was also the site of the Nuremberg Trials against war criminals of the Nazi regime. The city is particularly committed to human rights.
The Human Rights Office (municipal institution) designs, coordinates and implements the human rights activities of the City of Nuremberg. This includes holding events, counselling and accompanying people who have experienced discrimination, developing projects to anchor human rights education in school and extracurricular education.
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The Nuremberg Human Rights Centre e.V. is an independent, non-profit association that is supported exclusively by the voluntary work of the active members of the association. It campaigns for human rights at local, national and international level.
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Have published the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" in 1948. The original resolution in German can be found here. Numerous commissions and committees as well as High Commissioners and Special Rapporteurs are concerned with human rights: UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and others.
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