Garden of Human Rights (Start), Rhododendron Park Bremen

INSCRIFE human rights garden, art project Françoise Schein

Since 2003, the Rhododendron Park has also been a "Garden of Human Rights," part of the global art project INSCRIRE. The park was a natural fit for incorporating human rights, as it is known for its immense diversity of rhododendrons and other plants, as well as its many visitors from all over the world. Another key element of the INSCRIRE concept was that this park is a freely accessible space for every visitor.Along the park paths, the 30 articles of the UN Convention on Human Rights are immortalized on bronze ribbons. They can be discovered "en passant" and offer an opportunity for reflection or discussion.At four park entrances, from the four cardinal directions, the texts begin with Article 1 of the UN Convention on Human Rights. The ribbons lead to the center of the Rhododendron Park.Just like the park, the ground-level pathways require constant maintenance, sometimes more and sometimes less depending on the season.Bremen teachers and students are sponsoring the human rights signs, which disappear under leaves in the fall and are overgrown by grass in the summer. The sponsorships at this extracurricular learning center offer a great opportunity to engage with the content of human rights in a sustainable way.