TED Talks
Kristen Wenz: What if a single human right could change the world?
More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, do not have a legal identity. In many countries, this means they can't get access to vital services like health care and education, says legal identity expert Kristen Wenz. She...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What are the universal human rights? - Benedetta Berti
The basic idea of human rights is that each one of us, no matter who we are or where we are born, is entitled to the same basic rights and freedoms. That may sound straightforward enough, but it gets incredibly complicated as soon as...
Curated Video
The Riddle: new anti-homophobia message from UN human rights office
76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent attacks and discriminatory treatment. In this simple, high-impact video from the UN...
Curated Video
Flaunting the Laws
Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UC San Diego) describes why the zone of applicability of human rights laws and treaties is so small.
Wonderscape
The Humanitarian Crisis of Cobalt Mining in the DRC
Explore the devastating human toll of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Learn about the exploitation of women and children in artisanal mines, the struggles with child labor, and the impact of violence and...
Curated Video
What Does It Mean to Be Intersex? - United Nations Free & Equal
Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. Being intersex is much more common than most people think - according to experts there are as many intersex people as...
Curated Video
Uzbek Cotton Campaigner Arrested
A campaigner against forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton fields was arrested ahead of an international meeting where she was scheduled to give evidence on human rights violations, a human rights group said on Friday. In a video...
The Guardian
Syria: UN implicates Bashar al-Assad in war crimes
Syria: UN implicates Bashar al-Assad in war crimes Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD A UN commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Syria issues a statement in Geneva on Monday. Navi Pillay, the UN high...
Tate
Forensic Architecture | Turner Prize Nominee 2018 | TateShots
Forensic Architecture are an interdisciplinary team that includes architects, filmmakers, lawyers and scientists. Their work uses the built environment as a starting point for explorations into human rights violations. In recent years,...
CuriosaMente
What´s the use of history? CuriosaMente EN #2
Is history useful? It seems just like a bunch of dates and events you have to learn. Or isn't? Is there a "true" history? History serves various purposes: Learning from the Past: It helps us learn from past experiences and understand the...
The Guardian
Sri Lankan president defiant ahead of Commonwealth summit
Sri Lankan president defiant ahead of Commonwealth summit Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Speaking in Columbo ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa defends...
Biography
Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea | Biography
Explore the life of North Korea's Kim Jong-un, son of Kim Jong-il. Learn about his ascension to power in 2011, his murderous acts against his own government officials and family members, his human rights violations, and his nuclear...
Biography
Idi Amin - Military Leader | Mini Bio | BIO
Idi Amin was a Ugandan president born circa 1925 in Kokobo, West Nile Province, Uganda. He rose within the military from the 1940s through 1970. Amin overthrew the current leader in 1971 and declared himself president, and he remained in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan L. Walton - 'Human Family' by Maya Angelou
Jonathan L. Walton is an author, preacher, and scholar of religion. He is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University. Much of Professor Walton’s scholarship focuses on...
Curated Video
The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin: Uganda's Dictator
This video provides a detailed account of Idi Amin's rise to power and brutal dictatorship in Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin's reign was marked by widespread human rights violations, economic decline, and social disintegration, resulting...
AllTime 10s
10 Puzzles That Cant Be Solved
Have an IQ of 160+? Fancy yourself as the next Albert Einstein? Well good for you, but you probably still won't be able to solve these puzzles!
Curated Video
IELTS Writing Tips: Use Commas for Emphasis
Today you’ll learn how to add adverbs with commas for emphasis in IELTS Writing.
Big Think
Will robots have rights in the future? | Peter Singer | Big Think
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SciShow
A Blood Test for Cancer
Since many cancers don’t have symptoms early on, they may go unnoticed until they are at an advanced stage. But that is changing, thanks to a newer, non-invasive tool.
The Atlantic
Video Can Create a Just Society
“We live, at the moment, in a country where basic rights are really being violated,” Yvette Alberdingk Thijm told The Atlantic at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival. Thijm is the Executive Director of WITNESS, a global team of activists that...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Death of ‘Homo Economicus’
Good incentives are no substitute for good citizens. Human beings, notes Sam Bowles, a Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, are complex, psychological beings given to all sorts of motivations well beyond naked self-interest....
Curated Video
UN Free & Equal: Intersex Awareness
Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that don’t fit typical definitions of male and female. In many countries, intersex children are subjected to repeated surgery and treatment to try to change their sex characteristics and...
Curated Video
UN Free & Equal: Demand justice, protection and equality for all
Fair treatment and protection from violence and abuse are things that many of us take for granted. Yet for millions of lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, justice is far from guaranteed. Globally, too many countries...
Curated Video
UN Free & Equal: Bisexuality: Busting the Myths
Bisexual people, often referred to as ‘bi’, are emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to people of more than one gender. Bi people suffer many of the same abuses as gay men and lesbians – including criminalization and...