A/HRC/21/20 Rights Procurator of Guatemala collaborate with universities on conferences and workshops and support human rights courses. The Office also has an internship agreement with the University of San Carlos. The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has organized human rights awareness programmes for Malaysian students in polytechnic institutes and at public universities, including the National University of Malaysia. The National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea created a local pool of specialized personnel in universities throughout the Republic of Korea and 10 universities now have their own human rights research departments. Human rights curricula are increasingly provided within disciplines educating future teachers, lawyers and social workers. Universities in the Republic of Korea have hosted international academic symposia, panel discussions and seminars on human rights. C. Teachers and educators 21. Specific legal provisions and regulations exist in some countries to govern human rights teacher training. In Sweden, the 2009 Education Act and the national curriculum stipulate that everyone who works in schools is obliged to promote respect for human rights. In France, initial training for teachers is subject to a decree that integrates human rights values and specifies the professional competences required of teachers as public officials, acting ethically and responsibly and promoting equality and non-discrimination. All Slovenian teachers receive human rights training before obtaining their licence, and candidates to be head teachers must take human rights courses. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea has included human rights content in the revised standard curricula for qualification training, which is required to qualify for the posts of head teacher, deputy head teacher and teacher. The Ministry also encourages municipal educational offices to create their own human rights programmes for teaching personnel under their jurisdiction. In Japan, specialist and technical training in social education, including human rights, is offered to social education specialists, including librarians, pursuant to the Social Education Act. 22. In-service training incorporating human rights is usually voluntary in France and Slovenia. In Monaco, in-service training promotes teaching methods encouraging student participation. In Estonia, subjects related to human rights are a priority in teachers’ vocational and in-service training. In the Republic of Moldova, the Institute of Education Sciences undertook to revise in 2011 all in-service training programmes to include human rights education, with special attention paid to teaching staff dealing with children having special educational needs. Distance-learning courses are planned for 2012 on gender equality, children’s rights and other issues. The Ministry of Education of the Sudan is training teachers and educators in human rights issues, such as children’s rights and corporal punishment. The Italian ministers of education, university and research and of equal opportunities jointly issued a paper to all Italian schools to raise the awareness of teachers and head teachers of gender diversity. 23. The Ministry of Education of Jordan referred to integrating human rights into the curriculum of education sector employees and a 2010 training course held in Amman, which aimed at setting the concept of education in human rights and citizenship in the Jordanian context, promoting it in schools and enabling participants to integrate the concepts into the curricula. In Azerbaijan, 998 teachers participated in training courses for teaching life-skills-based education during the academic year 2009-2010. Various teaching aids and methodological tools have been developed, such as a textbook for teachers and a guide for students on the subject of human trafficking. 24. Training activities and projects are often developed in cooperation with national or international entities. For example, the National Directorate for Professional Development 7