The first to stand: The cases and cause of Irwin Cotler (with French subtitles)

PREMIER DEBOUT is about committed human rights activists who know if they stand up, it won’t be long before others are standing with them.

As the world reeled from the horror of the concentration camps, people realized there was an urgent need to protect individuals from the abuses of governments. What resulted was the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which outlined thirty basic rights to which everyone is entitled. Today, we are witnessing a global threat to these rights as many world leaders openly seek and hold on to power with appeals to racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and imprisonment of those who challenge their regimes.