Whose responsibility is it to make sure that human rights are upheld?
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One Young World Co-founder David Jones (Havas) 1 of 14
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David Jones introduces the counselors and delegates involved in the Human Rights plenary.
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Human Rights Plenary Counselors 2 of 14
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Left to right: Hans Reitz (Founder & Managing Director, Grameen Creative Lab), Miller Matola (CEO, Brand South Africa), and Christine Ockrent (Journalist & Writer)
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Delegate speakers of the Human Rights plenary 3 of 14
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Top row: Namrata Poddar (India), Meron Semedar (Eritrea), Cheuk Kwan Chung (Hong Kong). Bottom Row: Simon Rodgers (UK), Carolina Bonin (Germany). Not pictured: Chris Senesi (US).
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Counsellor Miller Matola (Brand South Africa) 4 of 14
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Matola introduces delegate Namarata Poddar, from India, during the Human Rights plenary.
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Delegate Namrata Poddar, Product Manager at H. J. Heinz Company 5 of 15
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Namrata Poddar (India), winner of One Young World's "Do Better Challenge", discusses infanticide against female babies in India.
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Delegates of the One Young World Summit 6 of 14
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The summit consisted of 1,300 delegates representing 182 countries.
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Hans Reitz addresses the audience 7 of 14
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Reitz answers a question from an audience member about human rights violations.
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Semedar recounts his refugee experience and how, despite that, he, "keeps his joy alive."
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Delegate Christopher Senesi, Co-Founder of ALLY Youth Services 9 of 14
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Christopher Senesi (US) discusses how his organization combats youth homelessness in the United States.
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Delegate Felipe Quintanilla, (Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion) 10 of 14
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Quintanilla (Peru) presents his mission to eradicate world poverty.
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Delegate Simon Rodgers, Procurement Manager of Aviva PLC. 11 of 14
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Rodgers (UK) reveals his t-shirt in support of gay rights. Stonewall, a charity that support LGBT rights, created the shirt.
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One Young World Counsellor Christine Ockrent 12 of 14
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Ockrent explains social media's ability to empower or silence advocates for human rights.
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One Young World Co-Founder Kate Robertson 13 of 14
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Kate Robertson facilitates a Q&A session where delegates could express their personal experiences with human rights.
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Hans Reitz closes the plenary 14 of 14
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Reitz unites the audience through music to close the session.
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This past Saturday, at the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, serious questions were proposed to a large crowd of One Young World (OYW) ambassadors, “Whose responsibility is it to make sure that human rights are upheld? Are human rights absolute? How can we better advocate human rights to be upheld?” Forty-nine percent of ambassadors don’t believe human rights are upheld in their country and sixty-one percent of those ambassadors think that the human rights of the poor are especially unprotected. Hans Reitz, founder and managing director of Grameen Creative Lab, along with Miller Matola, CEO of Brand South Africa, and Christine Ockrent, a prominent journalist and writer, facilitated the Human Rights Plenary Session. Seven delegates from all over the world spoke on the topic.
Namarata Poddar from India, for example, focused on violations against women in her country. She revealed that 1.7 million girls have disappeared and there has been an increase of crimes against women. She suggested to abolish dowries, increase education on women’s rights, and make inheritance laws stronger.
Delegates Carolina Bonin from Germany and Simon Rodgers from UK discussed gay rights and pointed out that homosexuality is illegal in 77 countries.
Chris Senesi from the USA addressed the problems of homeless youth in America and how the US leads the world in incarceration rates. He labeled this a worldwide problem and stressed the importance of self-worth and confidence in combating it.
After the panel discussion 28 people from the crowd shared their experiences with human rights violations in their respective countries. One of the points made during the session was that now in a world with international social media there is no excuse for not spreading the word. On October 19 OYW was the top trending topic in Pittsburgh. The Kofi Anan Foundation tweeted “healthy societies are built on peace and security, sustainable development, and respect for the rule of law and human rights.”
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