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Key Concepts: A Feminist Approach to Human Rights Education (Chapter 4) Year of publication: 2014 Author: Julie Maia Corporate author: Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI) Developed for the Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI), this curriculum project examines connections among Gender Studies, feminist theory, and human rights movements around the world. This SHREI project presents its four key concepts through four curricular units, or chapters, each with a series of activities that can easily be adapted for use in courses in many disciplines. Each chapter contains these elements: A definition of the key concept An example of the use of the concept in a human rights document A brief essay on the value of the concept for human rights education A series of activities that guide students in using gender, race/ethnicity/nation, and class as lenses for analyzing social justice issues include transnational and multicultural perspectives on gender and human rights issues use "best practices" pedagogies for teaching human rights topics in community colleges. Within each chapter, activities are orgaized from simple to complex. Most activities, however, have self-contained objectives and can be used independently of the others. Sections on “Extending the Learning” offer longer readings or in-depth material for advanced courses. The GCED Clearinghouse introduces only chapter 4, "global citizenship" of this SHERI project. 
UNESCO's Role and Responsibilities in Implementing Global Citizenship Education and Promoting Peace and Human Rights Eudcation and Education for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO This document is an addendum to document 196 EX/32. This item was included in the provisional agenda of the 196th session of the Executive Board at the request of Austria and Italy 
Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights and Civic Responsibility (Council of Europe Higher Education Series No.8) Year of publication: 2008 Author: Josef Huber | Ira Harkavy Corporate author: Council of Europe This book on the responsibility of higher education for a democratic culture is the 8th volume in the Council of Europe's Higher Education series. It is the direct result of a Higher Education Forum held in June 2006 on the responsibility of higher education for citizenship, human rights and sustainability. This forum was a part of the Council of Europe's long-standing commitment to work in the area of education for democratic citizenship and human rights. It complements earlier work on the public responsibility for higher education and research which led to a recommendation of the Committee of Minister to the member states of the Council of Europe in 2007. If our aim is to work for sustainable democratic societies, the responsibility of public authorities for a high-quality higher education system must go hand in hand with the responsibility of higher education institutions towards the advancement of society. 
Consolidated Report on the Implementation of the 1974 Recommendation Concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: UNESCO Background: In accordance with 34 C/Resolution 87, 177 EX/Decision 35 (I) and 184 EX/Decision 20, the Executive Board has monitored the implementation of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Pursuant to 192 EX/Decision 20 (III), the Director-General hereby submits the consolidated report on the implementation by Member States of the Recommendation.Purpose: This document reports on the results of the Fifth Consultation on the Implementation of the Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (covering the period 2009-2012). The analysis was prepared on the basis of 55 national reports from Member States received by the Secretariat. 
Education à la citoyenneté et aux droits de l'homme: manuel pour les jeunes en Mauritanie Year of publication: 2015 Author: Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Abdellahi | Bamariam Koita | Mohamed El Moctar Ould Sidina | Abdel Wedoud Corporate author: UNESCO Office Rabat | Mauritania. Ministère de la culture et de l'artisanat | Mauritanian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture Prepared by UNESCO in cooperation with the Mauritanian Ministry of Culture and Crafts, and with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), this manual aims to - with the active help of trainers and facilitators - sensitize young Mauritanians to the fundamental concepts of citizenship and human rights. This educational tool, which includes practical exercises adapted to a young audience, consists of 20 didactic cards that describe and explain Mauritania national legislation on human rights.Ce Manuel, composé de 20 fiches thématiques, offre de manière inédite des connaissances sur les conventions et standards internationaux en matière de démocratie et de droits de l’homme, ainsi qu’une contextualisation aux cadres normatifs nationaux de la Mauritanie. Des questions clés, des exercices interactifs, et des références pour aller plus loin sont autant d’outils pédagogiques pour familiariser les jeunes avec des notions fondamentales, dans le cadre de l’éducation aussi formelle que non formelle. Car Si l’éducation à la citoyenneté est rattachée à un territoire national dans la mesure où est citoyenne toute personne disposant de droits et de devoirs attachés à une nationalité, à un État, à une histoire sociale et culturelle, l’éducation aux droits de l’homme se réfère quant à elle à un cadre normatif universel et déterritorialisé : sa mission est de cultiver le sentiment d’appartenance de chacun(e) à l’humanité, caractérisée par une dignité propre. Dans une démarche éducative, ce Manuel conjugue les deux dimensions, les interpé- nètre et les met en perspective. L’objectif est de permettre aux jeunes, avec l’aide de formateurs et d’animateurs, d’approfondir et de mettre en perspective leurs connaissances relatives aux valeurs de citoyenneté et aux principes de droits de l’homme, à travers un va-et vient constant entre l’idéal universel et le contexte politique, social, culturel et environnemental dans lequel ils se trouvent.Fruit de la collaboration entre l’UNESCO et le Ministère de la Culture et de l’Artisanat de Mauritanie, et bénéficiant du soutien de l’Agence espagnole pour la coopération internationale pour le développement (AECID), ce Manuel propose des pistes pour explorer et interroger les conditions d’exercice de la citoyenneté, ainsi que des problématiques sociétales émergeantes. Mieux comprendre, pour mieux agir, c’est aussi cela être un agent de changement, de paix et de développement. 
Human Rights: Back to the Future (The UNESCO Courier no. 4, October-December 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Benedetto Croce, Aldous Huxley, Humayun Kabir, Harold J. Laski, Lo Chung-Shu, Salvador de Madariaga, Jacques Maritain, F.S.C. Northrop, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – these are some of the contributors to this issue of the Courier. To mark the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, adopted on 10 December 1948, we decided to take a detour into the past to enable us to better orient ourselves in the future. This explains the title of this issue: “Back to the Future”. Travelling back to 1946, when the world was grappling with the aftermath of the Second World War, “what kind of moral statement could the international community make that would adequately express its collective outrage and hope, however utopian, for a better future?” Mark Goodale discusses this massive international effort in his introductory article for our Wide Angle section, which he also guest-edited. The series of articles in this section uncovers a hitherto little-known part of the history of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights – the inquiry into the origins and philosophic bases of human rights. This initiative was decided upon during the first UNESCO General Conference (November-December 1946) and launched the following year by the Organization’s first Director-General, Julian Huxley. It was coordinated by the young French philosopher, Jacques Havet. For this project, UNESCO brought together leading intellectual figures of the post-war world, thus making an essential contribution to the reflection on human rights at the time. It remains amazingly relevant today. Equally relevant today are the drawings of Our Guest, the Peruvian artist Fernando Bryce, who derives his inspiration from this historic period “when the idea of progress was genuinely linked to a whole new perspective”. His series, The Book of Needs – which takes pages of the Courier between 1948 and 1954 and transforms them into works of art – is featured as a supplement in this issue. 
Guidelines on Human Rights Education for Secondary School Systems Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: OSCE. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) These guidelines, which focus on human rights education in secondary schools, aim to support systemic and effective human rights learning for all young people. They were prepared on the basis of broad consultations involving teachers, teachers’ unions, teacher trainers, educational administrators, NGO specialists, and representatives from intergovernmental agencies and national human rights institutions.The current document presents approaches to be adopted when planning or implementing human rights education for secondary schools related to six key structural areas: the human rights-based approach to human rights education; core competencies; curricula; teaching and learning processes; evaluation; and professional development and support of educational personnel. The guidelines also offer a list of key materials to assist in planning, implementing and evaluating human rights education in schools. 
Human rights: questions and answers Year of publication: 2009 Author: Leah Levin Corporate author: UNESCO This 5th edition presents an overview of the scope and content of international human rights law, procedures to monitor its implementation, organizations and institutions working for human rights, major international events, as well as new developments and challenges. It also offers a brief commentary on the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights explaining their meaning and providing examples on their practical implications. A permanent feature of this publication, and one of the reasons of its success, are the cartoons of Plantu, a well-known French political cartoonist and a devoted human rights activist. 
The Characteristics and Basics of Human Rights Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Monwa3at The video provides an explanation of the human rights curriculum approved by the Ministry of Higher Education on all colleges and institutes of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The video consists of 3 chapters which are as follows: the legal system of the rules for the protection of human rights, the general rules of the idea of human rights and finally the characteristics. 
Programa Mundial para Educação em Direitos Humanos: terceira fase, plano de ação Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO Brasilia | UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN. OHCHR) De acordo com a Resolução 24/15 do Conselho de Direitos Humanos, o Escritório do Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para os Direitos Humanos (ACNUDH) elaborou, no primeiro trimestre de 2014, um esboço de plano de ação para a terceira fase (2015-2019) do Programa Mundial para Educação em Direitos Humanos (PMEDH) tomando como base, entre outros, importantes instrumentos e documentos das Nações Unidas, os planos de ação da primeira (2005- 2009) e da segunda (2010-2014) fases do PMEDH e outros materiais publicados pelo ACNUDH e pelas Nações Unidas. Em abril e maio, o esboço de plano de ação foi submetido à análise dos Estados, organizações intergovernamentais relevantes, incluindo a Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura (UNESCO), instituições nacionais de direitos humanos e sociedade civil. Em 4 de julho, o ACNUDH recebeu 30 respostas com os comentários, os quais foram levados em consideração no texto final e que constituem as Seções de II a V do presente relatório.