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YHRI Activities
Youth for Human Rights International is active in several countries and spreads the word about the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and YHRI programs supporting it.

For example in the United States, the United Nations held a meeting entitled "Summit on Making Human Rights a Global Reality". Students learned about human rights violations and took back information for their local schools. Heather Hiech, active with Youth for Human Rights, was selected to attend. .

In Australia, "The Youth for Human Rights International-Libia Chapter" implemented a community outreach program on AIDS, under the One World Youth Project and participated in the International Day of Peace.

YHRI held an Arts Festival and European Conference in Cornwall, UK in the aftermath of the London bombings in 2005. This was organized by the YHRI and the Church of Scientology, and was sponsored by the Association for British Muslims, United Sikhs, and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. Countries represented at the conference included Austria, Congo, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA and Romania. The delegates were selected on the basis of artwork that they had submitted and/or their work in the field of human rights.

They are one of the organizers of the European Human Rights Heroes Award, given out at a ceremony held in Brussels, Belgium. Lt. Col. Samson Mande won one of the 2006 awards for his contribution to the human rights fight in Uganda. 12-year-old Don Shaul of Haifa, Israel received an award for his work organizing activities to highlight the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in his school and town. .

Many YHRI activities center around educating people on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and human rights in general. Some of the campaigns deal with the population in general but many deal with youth and children. Campaigns have been held in the Czech Republic, China , India , Israel , Ghana , Liberia  , Uganda , Nigeria and South Africa. Their efforts frequently involve collaborations with other human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, the European Foundation For Human Rights and Tolerance , Help International foundation of Bulgaria , Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice , International Centre for Conflict & Human Rights Analysis (ICCHRA)  , SA Human Rights Commission and the Africa Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance. They also work with representatives of religious groups, such as Association for British Muslims, United Sikhs , the World Assembly of Muslim Youth , Hindus , Muslims , Jews , Sikhs and Scientologists.