Human Rights is the most important concept at the heart of the move towards globalisation. Knowing and understanding the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights is the essential knowledge of the day. Without Human Rights there can be no effective globalisation nor the safe creation of a global identity within which all are respected and valued.

In 1997 Jack Adams was awarded a Churchill Travelling Fellowship for his project entitled "Absence of Elders : Violence of Youth". This project was devised to look at the ways the indigenous peoples of Australia were using the process of re-culturalisation to assist disaffected youths create more meaningful lives for themselves.

On the evening of Monday, 11th October 2004, a large group of youths gathered on the St Luke's housing estate in the Finsbury area of the London Borough of Islington. Some were armed with baseball bats and at least one with a knife. Most had come from the neighbouring area of Hoxton in Hackney. Contrary to its media depiction as a fashionable artists' quarter, Hoxton has a largely working-class population with the majority of residents living on post-war council housing estates.

Paul Blackburn writes about his experience in this book. Paul Blackburn's story in his own words is on the Innocent Network UK channel on HumanRights TV. Click on link below to view the series.

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Z2K help promote change.

Karen Buck has recently been the source of a Guardian article on the relationship between baliffs and the poor. This is a a result of her move to amend in the House of Commons. Details below: