It's been 74 years since the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights document in 2022. Human rights are the main pillar upon which society is built–yet they have never been more undermined through dictatorship and suppression of speaking your opinion nowadays, which are undeniably linked to the cause of the current refugee situation. Music, culture and art are powerful tools that are effective against radicalization: The 2015 Paris Declaration and the latest EU Youth Strategy share an idea about youth participation and intercultural dialogue and this project was based on the following foundations: The rationale for this project was that we invite young Western and non-European participants to become mediators of change through a two-week workshop to jointly secure a better future Europe: Owing to the international collaborative project between non-EU and Western Europe, the project ''Inclusion through Art' artistically was attached with human rights through the youth from programme countries and refugees’ interpretations of three articles of human rights. The objectives of the project were; -To achieve means of integration and social inclusion through the arts as an interpretative tool to implement young people with fewer opportunities into society. -To push a wider sense of expression of critical thinking, media literacy, and sense of initiative through creatively interpreting 3 chosen articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -To create a solid foundation for the participants to become innovative means of exchange of the participants at the end of a two-week workshop held in Turkey. -To gain active citizenship at the international level by establishing a professional and personal network in the form of interpersonal connections for future use before, during and after the workshops. Issues and needs of young participants addressed during the project; -Empowering young individuals with fewer opportunities: It was important that the young generation of Europe be aware of and help them to cope with the challenges of the refugee situation today, so they can cope with it in the future. By helping young refugees with fewer opportunities gain agency in society through collaborating with youth from the programme countries Sweden, UK and Turkey, we promoted increased awareness and shared responsibility among the youth by reflecting upon our common values through human rights as the interpretive framework. -Language barriers and isolation: Cultural differences, isolation and lack of lingual skills mean that many young refugees have fewer opportunities to create new relationships. By inserting arts as an alternative common language, we promoted creative skills to overcome linguistic barriers and create a social network between youth from programme countries and refugees locally based in Turkey. -Prevention of exclusion: We have worked against exclusion through the positive and idea-generating experience of co-creating across cultural differences through performative and meditative art disciplines. This way we dealt with the feeling of being different in its most extreme way could lead to radicalisation through a shared common creative ground. Links to objectives of the Erasmus+ programme: -Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities: During the two-week workshop, refugees were included together with youth from programme countries to ensure an intercultural meeting to create transnational network connections. -Prevent violent radicalisation of young people: The project has encouraged youth to test their artistic and analytical skills in unison through promoting transnational friendships and shared values through human rights as the creative framework. Through non-formal youth-to-youth teamwork, they presented a creative performance addressing the three specific human rights articles: No. 1: All Humans are Free and Equal, No. 13: Freedom of Movement No. 19: Freedom of Speech. Combined with group discussions and daily reflection has promoted artistic and analytical skills by using human rights as a framework to foster understanding between transnational youth.