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Human Right and Encryption Year of publication: 2016 Author: Wolfgang Schulz | Joris van Hoboken Corporate author: UNESCO This publication follows UNESCO’s new approach to Internet issues, as endorsed in November 2015 on the occasion of its 38th General Conference. Our 195 Member States have adopted the CONNECTing the Dots Outcome Document, in which 38 options for future action from UNESCO are set out; and the Internet Universality principles (R.O.A.M.),which advocates for a Human-rights-based, Open and Accessible Internet, governed by Multi-stakeholder participation.Encryption is a hot topic in the current global discussion on Internet governance. This research delves into the subject, to outline a global overview of the various means of encryption, their availability and their potential applications in the media and communications landscape. The research explains how the deployment of encryption is affected by different areas of law and policy, and it offers detailed case studies of encryption in selected jurisdictions.It analyzes in-depth the role of encryption in the media and communications landscape, and the impact on different services, entities and end users. Built on this exploration and analysis, the research provides recommendations on encryption policy that are useful for various stakeholders. These include signaling the need to counter the lack of gender sensitivity in the current debate, and also highlighting ideas for enhancing “encryption literacy”. 
Education, Development and Citizenship in Latin America: Proposals for the Debate Year of publication: 2011 Author: Alicia Barcena | Narcis Serra Corporate author: Naciones Unidas. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) | Centro de Estudios y Documentación Internacionales de Barcelona (CIDOB) Through ADI, an initiative promoted by CIDOB, the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with the support of various sponsoring companies, it is intended to encourage academic debate along with the political debate on diverse issues crucial for the region. Through a rigorous analysis of the social, economic and political reality carried out by academics, public policymakers and other key actors in the development process in Latin America, the aim is to offer recommendations that make economic growth compatible with well-being of the majorities. This publication constitutes the fifth volume of the series and is the result of the willingness of the participating institutions to disseminate, as much as possible, the ideas and discussions that emerged in the seminar. Its reading is a fundamental element to understand the current state of education in the region, as well as the possibilities that exist in this area to continue advancing in inclusion and development. 
Collected: Educational Project about “Learning from Biographies” in General Sciences in Primary School Year of publication: 2006 Author: A. Becher Original Title: Eingesammelt: Ein Unterrichtsprojekt zum‚ “Lernen an Biographien” im Sachunterricht der Grundschule(In D. Pech, M. Rauterberg, & K. Stocklas, (Eds.). Möglichkeiten und Relevanz der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Holocaust im Sachunterricht der Grundschule, Supplement 3, pp. 17–34) The article presents a project aimed at developing suitable methods for Holocaust Education already in the German primary school. Based on Ido Abram’s three-step-program as well as Wolfgang Klafki’s critical didactics, the project has developed a biographical approach to create possibilities for identification among the students. This is tested in a 3rd grade class and is thereafter evaluated.The above abstract is taken from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Education Research Project. Please also consult the full list of abstracts in 15 languages and the accompanying publication Research in Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust: A Dialogue Beyond Borders. Ed: IHRA, Monique Eckmann, Doyle Stevick, Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, 2017, Metropol Verlag at www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/publications. 
Participatory Planning to Achieve Structural Change with Equality: Citizen Participation Strategies in Multi-scale Planning Processes Year of publication: 2015 Author: Carlos Sandoval, Andrea Sanhueza, Alicia Williner Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This manual that ILPES places at the disposal of public officials and non-governmental agents working in the community, has the purpose of sharing a brief theoretical reflection on the current socio-political context through which this manual becomes important; and a set of methodological instruments that will bring the user closer to the social practice of a citizen participation process in the construction of a public management instrument. The manual is divided into two chapters: The first conceptualizes participatory multiscale planning, while also briefly introducing three topics of great importance to be incorporated into any participatory planning process and construction of public management instruments: the perspective of gender, the use of Convention 169 and Principle 10. The second chapter systematizes a set of methodological instruments that describe the stages of a citizen participation strategy to incorporate the multiscale public management instruments. The manual closes with two annexes, the last of which incorporates a set of tools that can be used in the stages of the construction of a citizen participation strategy. 
The World's Largest Flower: Resource Guide Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) The creation of a pedagogical resource for Education for Global Citizenship, based on the story “The Largest Flower in the World”, written by José Saramago, arose on the occasion of the Commemorations of the Centennial of the Birth of José Saramago 2021-2022, as part of the activities of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) in Portugal and was promoted by the José Saramago Foundation (FJS) and the General Directorate of Education (DGE). To carry out the project, an alliance was made with Help Images, which produced the four videos that accompany the proposal. The activities aim to support the work of teachers, educators and animators within the framework of formal and non-formal education, in the construction of learning for a committed, coherent, supportive and respectful global citizenship of human rights, crossing the experiences of the students with the themes and contents presented in this proposal. 
Manual on Citizenship Competencies: Citizenship Academy Project Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) | Panamanian Debate Association (ASPADE) | Eduardo Morgan Foundation (FUNDAMORGAN) The Citizen Competencies Manual is a tool for facilitators of the Ibero-American Education Program in human rights, democracy and citizenship. Citizen Academy is an initiative led by the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) with the Panamanian Debate Association (ASPADE) and the Eduardo Morgan Foundation (FUNDAMORGAN). Within the Citizen Academy Program, various initiatives have been developed, all focused on the importance of citizen participation and the development of skills that contribute to the personal and professional growth of the participants. In this manual, teachers and trainers will be able to find a roadmap to learn and teach their students about: i) citizenship skills, ii) debate and democracy, iii) culture of legality, iv) good governance, v) human rights , vi) equity and diversity and vii) peaceful conflict resolution and the ImPacta methodology. 
Human Rights in Argentina and Latin America: Training and Debates for Critical Citizenship Year of publication: 2022 Author: Ana Laura Sucari | Ramiro Manduca Corporate author: Red de Investigadores y Organizaciones Sociales de Latinoamérica (RIOSAL) This book is an invitation to study about Human Rights. At the same time, it seeks to be a material that expands rights by opening debates that promote teaching and learning in a framework of respect for Human Rights since it is necessary to learn what our rights are in order to intervene in reality, according to them. 
Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Building more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies starts with education. It influences all aspects of our daily lives and our overall prospects while being impacted by our health and environment. In the global landscape of worsening climate change, democratic backsliding, persistent inequalities, rising discrimination, hate speech, violence and conflict, it can be a tool to address and prevent these problems in the future. And it can also be a long-term investment with increasing returns if shaped and deployed effectively. The new UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development, which is commonly referred to as the Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development is a landmark guidance document that defines what needs to evolve in and through education to accomplish these goals. 
Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms: safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information through a multi-stakeholder approach Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Guidelines for an Internet for TrustSafeguarding freedom of expression and the right to information while dealing with dis- and misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories requires a multistakeholder approach. This is the reason why UNESCO, the leading UN agency for the promotion and protection of freedom of expression and to information, is launching Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. The Guidelines outline a set of duties, responsibilities and roles for States, digital platforms, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, media, academia, the technical community and other stakeholders to enable the environment where freedom of expression and information are in the core of digital platforms governance processes. The Guidelines were produced through a multi-stakeholder consultation that gathered more than 10,000 comments from 134 countries. These global-scale consultations fostered inclusive participation, ensuring a diversity of voices to be heard, including those from groups in situation of marginalization and vulnerability. Cultivating an Internet of Trust is a shared responsibility among all stakeholders. It calls upon us all to sustain an enabling environment for freedom of expression and the right to information. 
New Citizenship, Culture of Peace and Democratic Integration: Pedagogical Guidelines and Didactic Proposals Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Argentina. Ministry of Education | Chile. Ministry of Education This document is an input that, in the form of a guide of pedagogical guidelines and teaching proposals, seeks to support the development of the objectives of the New Citizenship, Culture of Peace and Democratic Integration Program, promoted by the Ministry of Education of Argentina and the Ministry of Education of Chile. The first section corresponds to an introductory section, which communicates the principles on which the program is based. The second section is made up of the axes and chapters that structure the guide. Each axis (four in total) is subdivided into two chapters, articulated around the topic that the axis addresses and which is briefly presented at the beginning of it.