What is this year's theme?


The key to this theme is addressing both 

rights AND responsibilities

These are two powerful forces in history, but one does not work without the other. 


To understand the relationship between rights and responsibilities, questions must be asked:

  • Who decides who has rights? 
  • Does everyone have the same rights? 
  • Who decides on the limits individuals should or should not have? Why? 
  • What led to establishing certain rights, and to whom were they given? 
  • How have people, governments, or institutions decided what parameters should be set to enforce responsibilities? 
    • How, and by whom, are these decisions made?

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