A/HRC/35/6 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 66/137 of 19 December 2011, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, highlighting the essential contribution of human rights education and training to the realization of all human rights. 2. Pursuant to its resolution 31/21, the Human Rights Council convened at its thirtythird session a high-level panel discussion to mark the fifth anniversary of the Declaration, entitled “The implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training: good practices and challenges”, on 14 September 2016.1 3. The panel discussion was chaired by the President of the Human Rights Council, Choi Kyonglim, and moderated by Cristiana Carletti, Associate Professor of International Law, Roma Tre University and holder of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in International Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore, opened the discussion and Jordan Naidoo, Director of the Division of Education 2030 Support and Coordination of UNESCO, delivered the keynote address. The panellists were Sonia Marta Mora Escalante, Minister of Education of Costa Rica and President of the National Accreditation System of Higher Education; Flavia Piovesan, Secretary for Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil; Driss El Yazami, Chair of the National Human Rights Council of Morocco; and Herman Deparice-Okomba, Executive Director of the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence, Montreal, Canada. 4. A segment of the documentary A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education was shown prior to the statements by the panellists. During the ensuing discussion, contributions were made by representatives of 23 States and the European Union, one international organization, two human rights institutions and four nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). II. Summary of the opening statement and keynote address A. Opening statement 5. In her opening statement, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights recalled that the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training placed human rights education and training as core pillars in the global effort to realize all human rights for all. She stated that the adoption of the Declaration was part of a standard-setting process that began with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which tasked every individual and institution to promote respect for human rights through teaching and education. She highlighted a number of related issues. 6. Sustainable solutions to the current world human rights crises and chronic problems could only be found if the core values and choices of leadership and constituents were grounded in a shared understanding that each person was equally deserving of dignity, respect and justice. The transmission of these core and universal values was the task of human rights education, which contributed to broader human rights strategies to tackle current global challenges. 7. Human rights education should be contextualized to address specific realities and human rights problems faced by learners. The Deputy High Commissioner highlighted the experience of Premalatha, an Indian girl whose story is narrated in the documentary A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education, to stress the role of human rights 1 2 See http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/human-rights-council/regular-sessions/33rd-session/ watch/panel-discussion-on-human-rights-education-and-training-6th-meeting-33rd-regular-sessionhuman-rights-council-/5126507934001.