| Youth for Human Rights in Mexico "I consider human rights very important as many of us don't know them and that's why they are violated. I think each of them is very important and we should practice them every day." - Student, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Now reaching thousands through the new Youth for Human Rights Mexico website, public and private education programs and the media, Youth for Human Rights Mexico has promoted human rights education since 2004. Human Rights Commissions in Mexico such as in the state of Chiapas, the Federal District and the State of Mexico use the Youth for Human Rights What Are Human Rights? booklet, the 30 Public Service Announcements, The Story of Human Rights film and the music video, UNITED, to teach human rights. The Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has adopted the Youth for Human Rights education program.  | | Youth in Mexico with their What are Human Rights? booklets |
Mexico is the crossroads for drug trafficking and other illicit activity coming up from Central and South America. Due to a lack of awareness of human rights, situations involving gangs and crime are escalating. Just as most countries face today, there are problems such as societal and economic discrimination against minorities and indigenous people, as well as domestic violence.  | | Youth for Human Rights volunteer in Mexico watches as police officer signs Youth for Human Rights petition in support of Human Rights Education |
 | | Students get information at Youth for Human Rights Mexico booth |
Inspired by the campaign, a group of prominent Mexican celebrities united in 2008 to support the Youth for Human Rights campaign and donate their time and images to teach human rights through art, in a Mexican celebrity version of the booklet What are Human Rights?  | | Youth for Human Rights presentation to young employees in Mexico |
 | | Human Rights Education to youth in a Family Integral Development Institute |
Graduates of a Youth for Human Rights seminar at Mexico City's Commission on Human Rights now deliver human rights lectures to over a thousand people a month through the Education for Peace Program. The Commission's official educational materials include the Youth for Human Rights materials.  | | Students attend human rights lecture in Mexico |
In Chiapas, a state in Mexico known for its cultural diversity and natural resources, the Governor, subsequent to a presentation by Youth for Human Rights Mexico, instructed his judicial assistant to include the 30 human rights as laid out in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of the state Constitution of Chiapas, and to make Human Rights Education mandatory in elementary and middle schools. Youth for Human Rights Mexico's help was requested to incorporate a human rights chapter in textbooks and to include human rights in an educational campaign for government officials, teachers and the population in general.  | | Youth for Human Rights volunteers and supporters with Youth for Human Rights booklets |
As a result of the work of Youth for Human Rights Mexico, young people are learning the importance of their rights and responsibilities. As expressed by a student at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico: "I consider human rights very important as many of us don't know them and that's why they are violated. I think each of them is very important and we should practice them every day." Watch out for our next newsletter on the progress being made in Mexico! | 
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