THREE-MINUTE STATEMENT
Making a short presentation may be even more challenging than making a term presentation: you have to present a compelling case within three minutes!

Useful tips

Preparing:
1. Think over the chosen topic and come up with an idea you feel strongly about.
2. Formulate a claim and make up a list of reasons why you are right in defending this claim.
3. Find convincing, up-to-date evidence to support your case.
4. Rehearse out loud keeping track of the time.

Presenting:
1. Start with an introductory phrase:
I’m going to talk about…; In my statement I will deal with…
2. Make a clear thesis statement (claim).
3. Produce 2–3 arguments (reasons), which you develop and support with examples.
4. Conclude with a sum-up relevant to your thesis statement:
So, all of the above shows that …
It appears reasonable to conclude that…
So we can conclude beyond reasonable doubt

MAKE A 3-MIN STATEMENT ON:

1. the human rights record of a country in your region of studies

2. human rights and religion 

3. the (in)effectiveness of international human rights institutions

4. the prospects of international human rights development

5. the controversies of freedom of speech

6. human rights as a political tool in international relations

7. international human rights and national interests

8. double standards in human rights policy

9. the failure of the R2P doctrine

10. the role of NGOs in upholding human rights

MOCK EXAM CARDS