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	Introduction There are thirty stories in the Global Atlas, linked around the thirty articles in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This set of inherent freedoms was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, and is one of the great accomplishments in human history. It lays out the rights and privileges that every human being should be able to enjoy. For the past fifty odd years, the human rights community has been fighting to put its precepts into total actioon around the world. Some of those stories are told here. The Atlas is not an award, nor is it a recognition that these stories are more special than other stories from the world of human rights. In truth, the human rights community is vibrant and large, and not even all the huge databases of the internet could hold all its stories. This Global Atlas merely tries to present a selection of different stories that show the range of work in human rights over the last fifty years, focusing especially on the work of young people. These stories are meant to inspire you, educate you, and hopefully spur you into some action of your own in the eternal fight for worldwide human rights. Soon, in addition to the stories, educators will be able to use our lessons section for curricular pieces for each story. Also, everyone will be able to act in solidarity with each story through our actions section.