The Testify Project collects stories of injustice from throughout the United States through one-minute video and one-page written testimony. The top videos and stories will be screened for United Nations delegates in Geneva, Switzerland in preparation for the United States' Universal Periodic Review.
Videos and written testimony tell us about human rights violations in your community. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) specifies many rights everyone has simply by being human, such as the right to life, liberty and security of person (Article 3), freedom from arbitrary arrest (Article 9), freedom of thought and religion (Article 18), right to form and join unions (Article 23) and right to an adequate standard of living, including housing, food, and medical care (Article 25). You can read a full version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights here, or a simplified version here.
Testify Project submissions may reference the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights or any international treaties the US has ratified, but the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most all-encompassing of these agreements, and is the best place to start. The most important thing is to show the barriers in your community that prevent people from realizing their full potential.
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About the ACLU of Georgia FOUNDATION
The American Civil Liberties Union is a national non-partisan organization with more than 280,000 members dedicated to preserving and defending the principles embodied in the Bill of Rights. While the ACLU is often perceived as one large organization, it is actually a network of state affiliates associated with a national office.
Mission
The purpose of this Association shall be to advance the cause of civil liberties in Georgia, with emphasis on the rights of free speech, free press, free assembly, freedom of religion, due process of law and to take all legitimate action in the furtherance of such purposes
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