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Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN. OHCHR) The purpose of this Guide is to further assist policy makers and rights holders in understanding and implementing the linguistic human rights of linguistic minorities. This touches upon the necessary balance between a state’s official language (or languages) and its obligations to use or respect the language preferences of linguistic minorities. These language rights can also contribute towards preserving the world’s linguistic diversity. The Guide aims to:● clarify what are the various human rights of linguistic minorities relevant to language use and preferences;● clarify the obligations of state authorities towards linguistic minorities;● support the development and continuous improvement of effective and cost-efficient approaches and practices for these linguistic human rights; and● promote consistent approaches to the participation and inclusion of minorities and implementation of their language rights. 
语言少数群体的语言权利：使用落实指南 Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN. OHCHR) 本指南的目的在于进一步协助政策制定者及权利人全面理解语言少数群体的语言权利，便于其实施与落实。本指南希望协助在国家官方语言之间实现所需的平衡，履行使用或尊重语言少数民族语言偏好的义务，保护并推动语言权利也有助于保护世界语言多样性。本指南旨在： 阐明与语言使用及偏好相关的若干语言少数群体权利； 阐明国家当局对语言少数群体的义务； 支持通过有效方法和做法（包括经济有效的）发展和持续改进以实现语言少数群体的这些权利；以及 推动运用一贯的方法帮助少数群体参与并融入公共生活、落实其语言权利。 
National Plans on Human Rights: Debates and Reflections on Latin American Experiences Year of publication: 2021 Author: Laura Pautassi | Mariela Alejandra Acevedo | Felicitas Acosta | Myriam Feldfeber | Pablo Imen | María Mercedes Palumbo | Fernanda Saforcada | Soledad Vercellino Corporate author: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) The texts gathered in this book reflect the tensions and challenges involved in creating inclusive human rights public policies that respond to effective and impactful citizen participation. They also highlight the tension—once again—between the short and long term: the temporalities of governments and states. Furthermore, these writings incorporate an analysis of contexts and policies from a human rights perspective, revealing that, very often, plans of this nature—as tools provided by international protection bodies—are not fully implemented at the national or subnational level. Instead, they are frequently constructed as ways to appease international agendas rather than as means of engaging and engaging communities in collective initiatives for transformation. Therefore, we try to build interpretive proposals that allow us to critically analyze—and also strengthen—human rights plans in these ambiguous paths of formulation, implementation, and evaluation, because we believe that these comprehensive and cross-cutting policies are, or can be, instruments for building more just and inclusive societies, but they require long-term work and commitment. Planes nacionales en derechos humanos: Debates y reflexiones sobre experiencias latinoamericanas Year of publication: 2021 Author: Laura Pautassi | Mariela Alejandra Acevedo | Felicitas Acosta | Myriam Feldfeber | Pablo Imen | María Mercedes Palumbo | Fernanda Saforcada | Soledad Vercellino Corporate author: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) En este libro se presentan las experiencias en Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, Uruguay, Perú y México, en cuanto a la elaboración e implementación de los Planes Nacionales de Derechos Humanos como herramienta de política pública recomendada en la Segunda Conferencia Mundial de Derechos Humanos, celebrada en Viena en 1993. Los textos reunidos en este libro dan cuenta de las tensiones y desafíos a la hora de generar políticas públicas en derechos humanos que sean inclusivas, que respondan a parámetros de participación ciudadana eficaces y con incidencia. 
Supporting Quality Journalism Through Media and Information Literacy Year of publication: 2020 Author: Martina Chapman | Markus Oermann Corporate author: Council of Europe MIL - Media and Information Literacy used to be seen as the responsibility of the educational sector mostly targeting younger people in full-time education. This responsibility has to be extended to all stakeholders who are in a position to reach citizens of all age groups where they currently are and create new dissemination networks for MIL knowledge and skills.All relevant stakeholders, especially member states, need to recognise their own roles and responsibilities in relation to media literacy. They should be prepared to lead on, participate in, and fund MIL projects on a long-term basis. 
The Ultimate Dialogue Adventure: An Online Global Citizenship Game for Students Ages 13-17 Corporate author: Generation Global An interactive online platform that leads young people ages 13-17, through a game to learn the skills of intercultural dialogue and participate in forums focused on a variety of global topics and issues. The Ultimate Dialogue Adventure can be used as a self-directed learning journey for young people, or as an in-class companion for teachers, to support rigorous dialogue about a global topic or provide a place of practice when using our offline materials. 
Strengthening Democracy Is the Key to Preventing Far-Right Extremism Year of publication: 2021 Author: Cynthia Miller-Idriss This article emphasizes that disinformation, misinformation and propaganda undermine democratic practices in ways that should be fought not only by trying to shrink or contain the extremist fringe, but also by strengthening democratic values and practices within the mainstream. It also highlights that it is critical to engage proactively and consistently in order to prevent further escalations in far-right extremism and interrupt violent radicalisation at early stages. 
Explained: What is False Information? Year of publication: 2020 With so much information at our fingertips it can be easy to come across something online that isn’t quite as accurate or reliable as it should be. This kind of information is often called Fake News but a better description might be false information because it affects more than news stories. This animation, explaining false information, supports the education resource Connected - an introduction to digital media literacy. 
Rethinking Pedagogy: Exploring the Potential Of Digital Technology In Achieving Quality Education Year of publication: 2019 Author: Lorena Alemán de la Garza | Alessandra Anichini | Péter Antal | Aurélie Beaune | Éric Bruillard | Diane Burke | Pedro Henrique Cacique Braga | Ruma Chakravarti | Sriya Chakravarti | Deng Chen | Lidiya Chikalova | Helen Crompton | Ilana De Almeida Souza Concilio | William Cope | Lorenz Denks | Matthew Farber | Giovanni Fonseca | Pintér Gergely | Marcela Georgina Gómez Zermeño | Russell Hazard | Laura Hosman | Mary Kalantzis | Kojanitz László | Xavier Levoin | Kristen Linzy | Arnab Mandal | Yoko Mochizuki | Ariam Mogos | Tünde-Lengyel Molnár | Matthew Montebello | Sadaqat Mulla | Sandra Gudiño Paredes | Christelle Pauty-Combemore | Boyka Parfitt | Réka Racsko | Irais Monserrat Santillán Rosas | Khitam Shraim | Jisoo Song | Avgoustos Tsinakos Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) With the exponential growth of digitally mediated communication, digital media and gaming, the landscape of what we understand as learning environments is changing significantly. Today the use of digital technology in education is attracting considerable public and policy attention as
well as private investment. With a rise in discourses both heralding and cautioning against the use of digital technology in education, there is a need to pool the expertise and experience on the use of technology in education from around the world to advance public debate and evidence-informed policymaking. Based on the literature review, mapping of digital education resources in circulation, and examples of implementation of digital education initiatives from around the world, this report aims to provide insights that would help lead to the wise, innovative and ethical use of digital technology in education as a new dimension in achieving SDG 4 — inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. By so doing, it also attempts to contribute to a rethink of teaching and learning in the face of enormous opportunities and challenges brought about by digital technology in the times of change and turmoil. 
International Human Rights Law & Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UN. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN. OHCHR) | United Nations Free & Equal What are human rights?Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status, such as age, disability, health status, sexual orientation or gender identity. These rights, whether they are civil and political rights (such as the right to life, equality before the law and freedom of expression) or economic, social and cultural rights (such as the rights to work, social security and education) are indivisible, universal, interrelated and interdependent.Human rights were developed and articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) as a response to the atrocities of World War II. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.By becoming parties to international treaties, States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to fulfil human rights. The obligation to respect means that States must refrain from interfering with or curtailing the enjoyment of human rights. The obligation to protect requires States to protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses by third parties. The obligation to fulfil means that States must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of basic human rights.What is international human rights law? International human rights law lays down obligations that States are bound to respect. Through ratification of international human rights treaties, Governments undertake to put into place domestic measures and legislation compatible with their treaty obligations and duties. Where domestic legal proceedings fail to address human rights abuses, mechanisms and procedures for individual complaints or communications are available at the regional and international levels to help ensure that international human rights standards are indeed respected, implemented, and enforced at the local level. At the international level these mechanisms include treaty bodies, expert committees established by treaty and tasked with monitoring implementation of treaty obligations, and special rapporteurs and other independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate and report on pressing human rights challenges.Is it ever legal to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people?No. The right to equality and non-discrimination are core principles of human rights, enshrined in the United Nations Charter, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and human rights treaties. The opening words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are unequivocal: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”The equality and non-discrimination guarantee provided by international human rights law applies to all people, regardless of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or “other status.” There is no fine print, no hidden exemption clause, in any of our human rights treaties that might allow a State to guarantee full rights to some but withhold them from others purely on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.Moreover, United Nations human rights treaty bodies have confirmed that sexual orientation and gender identity are included among prohibited grounds of discrimination under international human rights law. This means that it is unlawful to make any distinction of people’s rights based on the fact that they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), just as it is unlawful to do so based on skin color, race, sex, religion or any other status. This position has been confirmed repeatedly in decisions and general guidance issued by several treaty bodies, such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Committee against Torture, and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.What are some of the most common forms of human rights violations affecting LGBT people? The UN human rights office has documented a wide range of human rights violations committed against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.These include:Violent attacks, ranging from aggressive verbal abuse and psychological bullying to physical assault, beatings, torture, kidnapping and targeted killings.Discriminatory criminal laws, often used to harass and punish LGBT people, including laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships, which violate rights to privacy and to freedom from discrimination.Discriminatory curbs on free speech and related restrictions on the exercise of rights to freedom of association and assembly, including laws banning dissemination of information on same-sex sexuality under the guise of restricting the spread of so-called LGBT “propaganda.”Discriminatory treatment, which can take place in a range of everyday settings, including workplaces, schools, family homes and hospitals. Without national laws prohibiting discrimination by third parties on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, such discriminatory treatment continues unchecked, leaving little recourse to those affected. In this context, lack of legal recognition of same-sex relationships or of a person’s gender identity can also have a discriminatory impact on many LGBT individuals. What have the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council said on this subject?The United Nations General Assembly, in a series of resolutions, has called on States to ensure the protection of the right to life of all persons under their jurisdiction and to investigate promptly and thoroughly all killings including those motivated by the victim’s sexual orientation and gender identity (see, for example, resolution A/RES/67/168).In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council became the first UN intergovernmental body to adopt a wide-ranging resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. Resolution 17/19 expressed the Council’s “grave concern” at violence and discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, and commissioned a study on the scope and extent of these violations and the measures needed to address them.The requested study, prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, was released in December 2011. It pointed to a pattern of violence and discrimination directed at individuals because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Its findings and recommendations formed the basis of a panel discussion that took place at the Council in March 2012 – the first time a formal intergovernmental debate on the subject had been taken place at the United Nations.