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Cameroon, the fourth phase of the World Programme should build on the previous phases.
It suggested various target sectors, including girls and women, refugees, law enforcement
agencies and civil servants, education personnel, the general public and civil society
organizations. Thematic areas could include social and economic rights, in particular the
rights to privacy, to water and sanitation, to a healthy environment, to health, to education
and to food, in addition to combating youth unemployment and fostering the right of youth
to work. The Association also highlighted the right to justice and due process, good
governance and the fight against corruption, and the protection of women, children,
indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons, prisoners, minorities,
migrant workers and persons with disabilities.
43.
Associazione 21 luglio Onlus focused on the importance of fighting discrimination
against minorities and groups in vulnerable situations, and particularly children, including
groups living in emergency housing, slums and microsettlements. The organization
highlighted the need for more inclusive education and social policies for these groups.
44.
Centre africain de recherche industrielle suggested that the fourth phase should focus
on educating government officials and policymakers, to increase respect of the rule of law
and the fair management of public affairs, which would in turn lead to greater respect for
human rights.
45.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide recommended that the right to freedom of religion or
belief be the thematic focus of the fourth phase. It highlighted the need for related training
particularly in schools, especially with regard to religious minorities, to tackle
discrimination on the basis of religion or belief in educational settings.
46.
The European Youth Forum proposed that the fourth phase target youth
organizations, given that they could mobilize young people to contribute to building a more
peaceful, just, inclusive and equitable society. The fourth phase should focus on the role of
youth organizations and movements in conflict prevention and peacebuilding processes, in
accordance with target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals; young people were
active both during conflicts, because of their access to local communities, and in postconflict settings, in peace and reconciliation processes. Youth organizations were in contact
with young people that were socially excluded (out-of-school, unemployed or victims of
various types of discriminatory acts) and contributed to human rights education in informal
environments. The Forum highlighted the importance of supporting and empowering them
to continue to engage young people, particularly in partnership with formal education
institutions.
47.
Human Rights Educators USA suggested that education decision makers and
gatekeepers, including professional associations involved in establishing university-based
degrees and criteria for licensed professions (such as education and social work), should be
the target sectors for the fourth phase. The fourth phase should effectively engage
influential actors with education responsibilities and authority, and also acknowledge and
empower civil society entities working to promote the World Programme and the United
Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. It would therefore be an
opportunity to highlight and disseminate information about local-level decisions that
fostered human rights education and local human rights education initiatives, raising their
visibility and legitimacy as part of global programmes.
48.
According to the D.C. Regional Representatives of Human Rights Educators USA,
the thematic issues of the fourth phase should be the right to science and the enjoyment of
the benefits of science, the right to a healthy environment and the rights to information,
participation and justice. For the target sectors, it proposed attorneys and legal professionals,
science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals and educators, and faith
communities, owing to their specific impact on the realization of human rights.
49.
Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Direitos Humanos recommended that the target
sectors of the fourth phase be young people and health professionals. Addressing young
people was important, because youth was a crucial period of personal development when
the individual develops values and beliefs and begins to experience what citizenship entails.
In its submission, it also focused on health professionals, since they worked closely with
rights holders and victims of human rights abuses, such as domestic violence.
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