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| Implementation of the UNESCO Strategy on Human Rights in the Field of the Promotion of Human Rights Education |
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| The UNESCO Strategy on Human Rights, adopted in 2003, reconfirmed human rights education as a priority area of UNESCO’s action in the field of human rights. |
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In conformity with the UNESCO Strategy on Human Rights, the UNESCO's activities in the field of human rights education are focused on the following directions:
Mainstreaming human rights education into national education systems, in conformity with the principles of universality, indivisibility, interrelation and interdependence of all human rights, taking into account the diversity of cultures, historical developments and the history of education in each country:
(i) implementation of national and subregional projects (financed through extrabudgetary resources) in a number of regions, primarily focusing on: revision of curricula and textbooks; training of trainers, educators and administrative personnel in the education system; and production of educational materials, teacher guidelines and training materials;
(ii) supporting the conduct of studies by national research institutes on how the universal values of human rights are embedded in the national and local cultures;
(iii) conducting research on human rights education, including on methods, content, techniques and quality indicators for the evaluation of human rights education and the practice of rights in education;
(iv) encouraging integration of human rights education into Education for All (EFA) planning through the development of guidelines to Member States, describing the step-by-step process for inclusion of human rights education into EFA plans, and through dedicated workshops.
Monitoring of human rights education as part of the right to education in Member States:
(i) reviewing how Member States have ensured that national legislation and administrative regulations are in compliance with normative instruments on the right to education and human rights education, as well as how these obligations have been put into practice. Compile and publish national practices;
(ii) assisting in the preparation and implementation of national plans of action for human rights education, with due account of the results of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) and provide, as required, advisory services and technical assistance to Member States on the elaboration of national plans of action for human rights education in line with the specific guidelines formulated by OHCHR.
Building strategic partnerships with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other civil society associations, research community, parliamentarians, etc., in order to enhance effective implementation and impact of human rights education at international, regional and national levels. National Commissions for UNESCO have an essential role to play in this regard:
(i) publishing and disseminating “good practices” of human rights education in cooperation with OHCHR;
(ii) Encouraging the promotion of human rights through education, training, research and information and recognizing innovative pedagogical human rights education approaches by awarding the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education;
(iii) promoting the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as through the UNESCO multilingual education server D@dalos for human rights and democracy in South-East Europe, the multilingual electronic network of human rights education experts in Latin America, and the possible creation of a portal for sharing and disseminating information on curriculum, teacher training, research, evaluation and “good practices” on human rights education, as well as the creation of a database of experts on human rights education.
Promotion of existing UNESCO networks (UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs, Associated Schools, UNESCO Associations and Clubs) and establishment of new ones.
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