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Have you ever read The Universal Declaration of Human Rights? If you haven’t, it’s never too late for it.

Those 30 articles are an endless source of inspiration for any content producer, no matter the niche/industry/speciality. Here are some examples:

1. Do you write about books or movies? You can create a new section on your site/blog, containing special reviews where you’ll not only analyse the pieces’ artistic merits, but also their compliance (or lack thereof) to human rights.
2. Article 23 is perfect for sites on business, entrepreneurship, jobs and careers. Article 24 must be taken into consideration as well. Article 4 applies to more extreme cases, but I’ve managed to use it at Human Rights – Article 4.
3. To create fictional pieces, look at Article 20’s 2nd item. What if your characters were forced to belong to an association? What’s this association about and why don’t they want to be part of it? Who forced them into joining it? This could generate novels, short films/videos, comics…
4. If you moderate a forum about education, Article 26 can be a great object of debate, especially because of its 3rd item. In many countries, parents choices are limited by laws that restrict homeschooling, use of religious symbols etc. How do your forum’s members feel about it?

It took me only a few minutes to come up with the ideas above, and the list could go on and on. Now it’s your turn: read The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and let it stimulate your creativity. Of course, results will be even better if your creations help raise awareness on human rights.

By the way, this post is meant to show that I do support human rights. I’m blogging about this topic today because it’s Human Rights Day. But make no mistake: everyday is a good day to support this cause.

A note to Twitter users: please add the hashtag #HRD to your tweets on Human Rights Day. Thank you!

Posted on December 10th, 2008 by Karen Zara
Filed under: Ideas and Inspiration