UN General Assembly adopts Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training

DIRITTI UMANI

The United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted the Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. This landmark document recognises the right of every one of the planet's seven billion people to have access to human rights education,

a lifelong process involving all ages, all parts of society, and every kind of education, formal and informal.
The Declaration specifies not simply what one should learn about human rights, but also how ("through human rights, which includes learning and teaching in a way that respects the rights of both educators and learners") and also why ("for human rights, which includes empowering persons to enjoy and exercise their rights and to respect and uphold the rights of others"). (...)

The article:
http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=1197&language_id=1

More about:

http://www.hrea.org/UNDHRET-Gerber2011.pdf

The Declaration:
http://www.hrea.org/A_HRC_RES_16_1%20UNDHRET_April%202011.pdf

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Special issue of "Cambridge Journal of Education":

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccje20/42/1

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Special issue of "Peace Review":

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cper20/24/1

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Human Rights Education in practice:

http://chestnuthilllocal.com/blog/2012/04/04/un-official-calls-on-teachers-to-examine-prejudices-2/