Apartheid, Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Racism, Video
On Nelson Mandela’s birthday, photographer Scott McDermott captured famous faces – e.g. Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman – raising hands to pledge to improve their planet. In Kelly’s film, writer Elliot Kotek ponders...
Apartheid, Democracy, Diversity, Freedom, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Racism
Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the UN joins a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to mark Nelson Mandela International Day. For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the...
Apartheid, Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Racism, Video
In remembrance of Nelson Mandela. Rest in peace. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/;[4] Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as...Freedom, History & Heritage, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Teaching Resource, Video
The surprising story of how a British Conservative politician played a key role in creating the European Convention on Human Rights. Inspired by the life and words of David Maxwell Fyfe (1900-1967). Created by Met Film School and RightsInfo to mark the 70th...
Animation, Freedom, History & Heritage, Human Rights, International Day, Peace, Short < 10m
A speech given by Mahatma Gandhi in 1925 encouraging Indians to fight without the use of violence. I took this speech and then converted into a motion typography using Adobe After Effects and Photoshop for some of the illustrative...
Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, International Day, Peace
Mahatma Gandhi was born on the 2nd October. On the 30th January Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. UN declares this day to be the International Day of Non-Violence. The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This day...
International Day, Peace, Teaching Resource, Video
As a symbol of peace, an origami crane with a personal message is either given to a friend or left in a public place. This is the peace crane project—an initiative first spearheaded to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace. The project...
International Day, Peace, Safety
of the oldest goals of the United Nations countries have nuclear weapons. nuclear weapons are in their possession. Achieving global nuclear disarmament is one of the oldest goals of the United Nations. It was the subject of the General Assembly’s first resolution in...
