What is Human Rights Education?
Human rights education is about developing people’s awareness of their own situation of life, being able to articulate their rights and communicate this knowledge to others. It involves changing attitudes and behaviour and has long- term goals.
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17. nov 2011, kl. 14:38
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12. jul 2012, kl. 13:11
Human rights education aims to build a culture of respect for and action in the defence and promotion of human rights for all.
Amnesty International believes that human rights education is fundamental for addressing the underlying causes of human rights violations; preventing human rights abuses; combating discrimination; promoting equality and enhancing people’s participation in democratic decision-making processes.
Human rights education is an internationally recognised method for promoting human rights on a local, national and global level among all groups in society. It is a deliberate, participatory practice aimed at empowering individuals, groups and communities through fostering knowledge, skills and attitudes consistent with internationally recognised human rights principles
Human rights education is:
• education about human rights – focusing on human rights content: human rights laws and concepts and contemporary human rights issues. It enables people to recognise the relevance of a human rights framework to issues of importance to them.
• education through human rights - learning in a way that is respectful of the rights of both educators and learners. Through human rights education, people experience human rights in action.
• education for human rights - inspires people with the vision of human rights. It empowers people; it builds their capacity to overcome the obstacles to achieving these rights and equips them with the skills to respond to complex human rights challenges concretely and effectively.
Read more about human rights education on Amnesty International's (AI) site.
Here you'll find links to different websites about human rights education in several languages.
Amnesty International believes that human rights education is fundamental for addressing the underlying causes of human rights violations; preventing human rights abuses; combating discrimination; promoting equality and enhancing people’s participation in democratic decision-making processes.
Human rights education is an internationally recognised method for promoting human rights on a local, national and global level among all groups in society. It is a deliberate, participatory practice aimed at empowering individuals, groups and communities through fostering knowledge, skills and attitudes consistent with internationally recognised human rights principles
Human rights education is:
• education about human rights – focusing on human rights content: human rights laws and concepts and contemporary human rights issues. It enables people to recognise the relevance of a human rights framework to issues of importance to them.
• education through human rights - learning in a way that is respectful of the rights of both educators and learners. Through human rights education, people experience human rights in action.
• education for human rights - inspires people with the vision of human rights. It empowers people; it builds their capacity to overcome the obstacles to achieving these rights and equips them with the skills to respond to complex human rights challenges concretely and effectively.
Read more about human rights education on Amnesty International's (AI) site.
Here you'll find links to different websites about human rights education in several languages.