A/HRC/27/28
C.
Principles for human rights education activities
9.
Educational activities within the World Programme shall:
(a)
Promote the interdependence, interrelatedness, indivisibility and universality
of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and the right
to development;
(b)
Foster respect for and appreciation of diversity, and opposition to
discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, disability or sexual orientation and on other bases;
(c)
Encourage analysis of chronic and emerging human rights problems,
including poverty, violent conflicts and discrimination, in the light of rapidly changing
developments in the political, social, economic, technological and environmental fields,
which would lead to responses and solutions consistent with human rights standards;
(d)
Empower communities and individuals to identify their human rights
entitlements and to claim them effectively;
(e)
Develop the capacity of duty-bearers, in particular governmental officials, to
meet their obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of those under their
jurisdiction;
(f)
Build on the human rights principles embedded within the differing cultural
contexts and take into account historical and social developments in each country;
(g)
Foster knowledge of, and the acquisition of skills to use, local, national,
regional and international human rights instruments and mechanisms for the protection of
human rights;
(h)
Make use of participatory pedagogies that include knowledge, critical
analysis and skills for action furthering human rights and that take into consideration the
age and the cultural specificities of the learners;
(i)
Foster teaching and learning environments free from want and fear that
encourage participation, the enjoyment of human rights and the full development of the
human personality;
(j)
Be relevant to the daily life of the learners, engaging them in a dialogue about
ways and means of transposing human rights from the expression of abstract norms to the
reality of their social, economic, cultural and political conditions.
II. Third phase (2015–2019) of the World Programme for
Human Rights Education: a plan of action to strengthen
implementation of the first two phases and promote human
rights training for media professionals and journalists
A.
Scope
10.
The first phase (2005–2009) of the World Programme was dedicated to the
integration of human rights education in the primary and secondary school systems. The
plan of action for its implementation (A/59/525/Rev.1) was adopted by the General
Assembly in July 2005.
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