A/HRC/36/24 6. In 2017, the Defensor del Pueblo of Argentina started elaborating and implementing a human rights education programme targeting all levels of the education system, teachers, administrators and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In 2016, Guatemala involved civil society organizations in a review of its national human rights education policy (20062015) aiming to integrate human rights education into all levels of education and into the training of civil servants. The review identified the need to prioritize the human rights training of civil servants, to be addressed in the forthcoming 2018 human rights policy. Honduras reported on a comprehensive human rights education programme involving training-of-trainers courses, follow-up evaluations and development of teaching materials. In 2015-2016, the programme reached more than 23,000 individuals, including students, civil servants, law enforcement officers, military officials, prisoners, the private sector, civil society organizations, and media professionals. In Uruguay, a national plan for human rights education, elaborated through a broad consultative process and covering primary, secondary and higher education and vocational training, was approved in 2016; its implementation will be evaluated in 2018. B. Primary and secondary school systems Policies and related implementation measures 7. Some respondents highlighted policies and legal frameworks that promote the integration of human rights education into their school systems. In Slovenia, the law that covers primary and secondary education contains objectives on human rights education, which has also been a priority of its foreign affairs strategy since 2015. Poland reported that in connection with the 2016 structural reform of its education system, the Ministry of National Education had developed new core curricula, which articulated the development of respect for human rights as a key objective and specified content for human rights education. Italy highlighted legislation for school reform adopted in 2015 that aims to promote the right to education and improve the quality of education, including through the teaching of human rights values. In Chile, the educational reform that has been taking place since 2014 provided an occasion to integrate human rights education into the curricula, particularly through Law 20911 of 2016 establishing the citizenship education plan. The plan reintroduced, as a compulsory subject, civic and citizenship education in schools and related pre-service and in-service teacher training nationwide, as a joint project with a number of universities. Related themes include intercultural education, particularly with regard to indigenous peoples and migrants, a gender focus to combat stereotypes and prejudices and inclusive strategies in respect of people with disabilities. 8. In Germany, education for human rights, tolerance and democratic citizenship are regarded as core values articulated in federal legislation: each Land sets out which subjects have a special focus on human rights and provides schools with the relevant materials and textbooks. The standing conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder has also repeatedly highlighted the importance of human rights education and initiated corresponding ordinances and decrees at the Land level. Namibia referred to laws and national frameworks that promote human rights education and a conducive, safe learning environment in schools; these include the 2015 education bill, the 2015 Child Care and Protection Act, the national safe schools framework and the 2016 integrated school health programme. Serbia highlighted its 2020 strategy for the development of education and the Law on the Foundations of the Education System, which provide a framework for quality education that is inclusive and non-discriminatory and integrates human rights education. In 2015, Mexico revised its guide to elaborating and issuing operational rules for education sector programmes to include gender and human rights principles and in the context of ongoing educational reform, reviewed the subject of civic and ethical education in terms of content, methodology and textbooks for human rights and gender equality themes. In 2016 those themes were also included in various subjects for secondary education. 9. The Danish Institute for Human Rights reported that in 2016, human rights were incorporated into the objectives of higher secondary schools in Denmark through a new bill, which emphasizes that all upper secondary school programmes, as well as general, 3