SuitabookWe Are All Born Free
Amnesty International
- Reading
- Read selected spreads rather than pressing for a straight-through reading. Pause to paraphrase each article, examine how the artwork interprets it, and revisit the more serious image only if your child wants to discuss it.
- Themes
- Universal human rights: The book presents 30 simplified articles asserting rights belonging to everyone, including rights concerning life, legal fairness, education and freedom of association. It presents the declaration as a framework for understanding rights and links rights with responsibilities, rather than developing a story with competing characters.
- Many ways of seeing an idea: Thirty artists from different countries provide distinct visual interpretations of the articles, using humour, imaginative scenes and symbolic imagery. The varied artwork presents human-rights ideas through multiple artistic perspectives, while the precise effect of each image may differ between readers.
- Worth knowing
- One illustration for the article about torture is described as bedraggled, red-ink-stained and potentially disturbing. The rights-focused material also refers to serious subjects such as the right to life and fair trials.