Take the Human Rights temperature of your city

Introduction
The questions below are adapted from the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The relevant UDHR articles are included parenthetically in each statement. Some of these issues correlate more directly to the UDHR than others. All of these questions are related to the fundamental human right to education found in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration:
Everyone has the right to education... Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect forhuman rights and fundamental freedoms.
When discrimination is mentioned in the questionnaire below, it refers to a wide range of conditions: race, ethnicity/culture, sex, physical/intellectual capacities, friendship associations, age, culture, disability, social class/financial status, physical appearance, sexual orientation, life style choices, nationality, and living space. Although this is a much more expansive list than that found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is more helpful in assessing the human rights temperature in your community.
The results should provide a general sense of the community's climate in light of principles found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Directions
Take the human rights temperature of your city/community. Read each statement and assess how accurately it describes your city/community community in the blank next to it. Keep in mind all members of your city/community (e.g., participants, teachers, administrators, and staff.) At the end, total up your score to determine your overall assessment scores for your city/community.

RATING SCALE
1- no/never
2- rarely
3- often -yes/always
4- don't know

My city/community is a place where citizens are safe and secure.
1 2 3 4

All citizens receive equal information and encouragement about academic and career opportunities.
1 2 3 4

My city/community provides equal access, resources, activities, and scheduling accommodations for all individuals.
1 2 3 4

Members of my community will oppose discriminatory or demeaning actions, materials, or slurs in the city/community.
1 2 3 4

When someone demeans or violates the rights of another person, the violator is helped to learn how to change his/her behavior.
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community care about my full human as well as career development and try to help me when I am in need.
1 2 3 4

When conflicts arise, we try to resolve them through non¬violent ways.
1 2 3 4

Institutional policies and procedures are implemented when complaints of harassment or discrimination are submitted.
1 2 3 4

In matters related to discipline all persons are assured of fair, impartial treatment in the determination of guilt and assignment of punishment.
1 2 3 4

No one in our city/community is subjected to degrading treatment or punishment.
1 2 3 4

>> Someone accused of wrong-doing is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
1 2 3 4

My personal space and possessions are respected.
1 2 3 4

My city/community welcomes peoples from diverse backgrounds and cultures, including people not born in the Pakistan.
1 2 3 4

I have the liberty to express my beliefs and ideas (political, religious, cultural, or other) without fear of discrimination.
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community can produce and disseminate publications without fear of censorship or punishment.
1 2 3 4

Diverse voices and perspectives (e.g., sexual orientation, gender, race/ ethnicity, ideological) are represented in academic courses, textbooks, libraries, and in media
1 2 3 4

I have the opportunity to express my culture through music, art, and writing.
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community have the opportunity to participate (individually and through associations) in democratic decision making processes to develop city/community policies and rules
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community have the right to form associations within the city/community to advocate for their rights or the rights of others.
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community encourage each other to learn about societal and global problems related to justice, ecology, poverty, and peace.
1 2 3 4

Members of my city/community encourage each other to organize and take action to address societal and global problems related to justice, ecology, poverty, and peace.
1 2 3 4

Workers/ employs of my city/community are able to take adequate rest time during the day and work reasonable hours under fair work conditions.
1 2 3 4

Workers/ employs of my city/community are able to take adequate rest time during the day and work reasonable hours under fair work conditions.
1 2 3 4

Employees in my city/community are paid enough to have a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being (including housing, food, necessary social services and security from unemployment, sickness and old age) of themselves and their families.
1 2 3 4

I take responsibility in my city/community to ensure other individuals do not discriminate and that they behave in ways that promote the safety and well being of my community.
1 2 3 4