A/HRC/21/20 Spanish) that provide, among other things, information on national initiatives related to human rights education and the text of national plans and strategies. 60. OHCHR developed and disseminated human rights training materials and methodologies based on good practice,10 including the 2011 OHCHR/Equitas handbook Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities: A Handbook for Human Rights Educators and a forthcoming OHCHR/UNESCO self-assessment guide for Governments concerning human rights education in the school system. OHCHR is updating its 1999 publication The Right to Human Rights Education, in which it compiled provisions on human rights education adopted by Governments in the context of various intergovernmental mechanisms, to serve as an advocacy tool. OHCHR is also producing, together with two non-governmental organizations, A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education, a film documenting the positive impact of human rights education on people’s lives. As at May 2012, the film was at the post-production phase; its launch is expected in September 2012. 61. OHCHR manages a publicly accessible Resource Collection on Human Rights Education and Training, a section of the OHCHR Library comprising more than 3,100 materials from around the world. The OHCHR online Database on Human Rights Education and Training provides information on around 300 regularly updated training programmes worldwide and more than 1,100 training and education institutions.11 OHCHR maintained an educational focus on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the Office hosts a collection of more than 350 related items (printed, audiovisual and commemorative materials) and a web page containing various resources, including 384 translations into national and local languages and dialects. 3. Supporting national capacity and civil society initiatives 62. OHCHR headquarters and field presences regularly support national capacity for human rights education and training through the provision of methodological and expert advice, in addition to the organization of training courses, workshops and other events on a broad variety of human rights topics and for many audiences. Details on OHCHR education activities are available in OHCHR Report 2011.12 63. Examples of international activities include the Human Rights Orientation Programme for Diplomats, implemented jointly with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Geneva and New York, to enhance Government officials’ understanding of the United Nations human rights protection system; workshops for educators belonging to governmental and non-governmental organizations on evaluation of human rights training, co-organized with Equitas; cooperation with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union in developing human rights training materials for European Union border guards; and efforts to strengthen national capacity for human rights training of military, police and other staff deployed to peace missions. 64. OHCHR regularly responds to human rights education queries from Government and civil society entities and provides methodological advice, reference services and other guidance. OHCHR grants, publications and the participation of specialized OHCHR staff have supported international and regional human rights education activities organized by other actors. 10 11 12 Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/PublicationsResources/Pages/TrainingEducation.aspx. See http://hre.ohchr.org/hret/intro.aspx. Available from www2.ohchr.org/english/ohchrreport2011/web_version/ohchr_report2011_web/index.html. 15

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