The Human Rights Action Center is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. in the United States. The Mission of the Human Rights Action Center or HRAC is to strive to create a voice for people who can’t stand up for themselves. With assistance from many popular celebrities the Human Rights Action Center has brought human rights to the forefront of the media through “music, theatre, film and the written word.” (HRAC, 2016) Their goal also consists of bringing attention to more of the taboo cases of human rights atrocities in the world. The founder Jack Healey is a well-known human rights activist and through his work at the Human Rights Action Center has won numerous awards along with many honorary degrees from many universities.
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The first being to gain popularity with the citizen of Burma to reform the country’s constitution to allow Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the daughter of Aung San, one of Burma’s known independence heroes and a current representative of Burma’s Parliament to accede the Presidency. It is the belief of the Human Right’s Action Center that by allowing Aung San Suu Kyi to serve as the President of Burma the chance for better human rights can be achieved. Burma is a place where there are many human rights issues and without someone to advocate for the people they will not be resolved. The HRAC is currently trying to raise awareness within Burma and around the world to push for human rights reform and Aung San Suu Kyi’s candidacy. They believe that “Human Rights for all must be both walked and talked” (HRAC, …show more content…
This is because “fewer than 5% of the world knows the Universal Declaration of Human Rights exists.” (HRAC, 2016) Due to this fact, the HRAC is asking world governments to acknowledge the existence of the UDHR and to have it printed on their passports for their citizens. Their main focus in this project is to attempt to get the United States to do this, showing the world that the U.S. is willing to uphold human rights and to send a message to the rest of the world that human rights exist and should be upheld. There isn’t any new legislation to go through Congress; the only requirement is a Presidential order. (HRAC,
The first being to gain popularity with the citizen of Burma to reform the country’s constitution to allow Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the daughter of Aung San, one of Burma’s known independence heroes and a current representative of Burma’s Parliament to accede the Presidency. It is the belief of the Human Right’s Action Center that by allowing Aung San Suu Kyi to serve as the President of Burma the chance for better human rights can be achieved. Burma is a place where there are many human rights issues and without someone to advocate for the people they will not be resolved. The HRAC is currently trying to raise awareness within Burma and around the world to push for human rights reform and Aung San Suu Kyi’s candidacy. They believe that “Human Rights for all must be both walked and talked” (HRAC, …show more content…
This is because “fewer than 5% of the world knows the Universal Declaration of Human Rights exists.” (HRAC, 2016) Due to this fact, the HRAC is asking world governments to acknowledge the existence of the UDHR and to have it printed on their passports for their citizens. Their main focus in this project is to attempt to get the United States to do this, showing the world that the U.S. is willing to uphold human rights and to send a message to the rest of the world that human rights exist and should be upheld. There isn’t any new legislation to go through Congress; the only requirement is a Presidential order. (HRAC,