Human Rights Council
Resolution 6/10.
United Nations declaration on human rights
education and training
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that
every individual and every organ of society, keeping the Declaration constantly in
mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for the rights and
freedoms contained in it,
Recalling the high importance attached to human rights education by the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in June 1993 by the World
Conference on Human Rights, and the great value of the World Programme for
Human Rights Education,
Reaffirming that the Human Rights Council shall, inter alia, promote human
rights education and learning,
Believing that enhanced efforts to promote human rights education would
represent a major contribution of the Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the importance of the World Programme for Human Rights
Education,
Mindful and appreciative of the efforts made in this regard by the International
Labour Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development
Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights as well as by other relevant stakeholders, including educators and
non-governmental organizations,
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