Key figures of human rights

  • Jhon Ball
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    Jhon Ball

    -He was born in 1340 and he died in 1381
    -He was from in England
    -Contribution to human rights: He was leader of the posesions revolt
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Jean Jacques Rousseau

    -he was born in 1712 and he died in 1778
    -He was from in Swetzerland
    -Contribution to human rights: He wrote a book called "Social Contracts"
  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine

    -He was born in 1737 and he died in 1809
    -He was from England
    -He opossed slavery and the death penalty
  • Jean-Henri Dunant

    Jean-Henri Dunant

    -He was born 1828 and he died in 2080
    -He was from Switzerland
    -He organized voluntaries to help the woumded in the battle of solferino in 1859.
  • Emmiline Ponkhurst

    Emmiline Ponkhurst

    -She was born in 1858 and she died in 1928
    -She from UK
    -Contribution to humans right: She supported the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903, which encouraged women to fight for the right to vote.
  • Hammurabi

    Hammurabi

    -He was born in 2123 and he died in 2080
    -He was from Babylon (now Iraq)
    -He was one of the first leaders to actuality write down laws