Poetry

On 10th December (International Human Rights Day), 2004, 10 poets began workshops with 10 groups of Transition Year students from all over Ireland. In these workshops, both students and writers wrote poems to express their concerns on human rights issues.

For a challenging range of poetry on human rights issues by the poets who took part in the project, please click below:

Tony Curtis
Kerry Hardie
Rita Ann Higgins
Rita Kelly
Ted McCarthy
Mary O’ Malley
Macdara Woods

For poetry by students as well as questions and activities on the following issues, please click below:

Violence Against Women
Armed Conflict
Refugees
Racism
Discrimination and Difference
The Right to Food
Safety
Freedom of Expression
Human Rights