Human Rights Education

World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing)

Attend the side event "Combating racism through human rights education: Examples of national practice", co-organised by the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System (UNIACC) and the Council of Europe - 22 April 2009, Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Visit the information stand on human rights education, co-organised by the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System (UNIACC), the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). On 21 and 22 April 2009 at the Palais des Nations (Serpentine Bar) in Geneva.

On 10 December 2004, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing) to advance the implementation of human rights education programmes in all sectors.

Building on the achievements of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004), the World Programme seeks to promote a common understanding of the basic principles and methodologies of human rights education, to provide a concrete framework for action and to strengthen partnerships and cooperation from the international level down to the grass roots.

Unlike the specific time frame of the Decade, the World Programme is structured around an ongoing series of phases, the first of which covers the period 2005-2009 and focuses on the primary and secondary school systems. Developed by a broad group of education and human rights practitioners from all continents, the Plan of Action for the first phase proposes a concrete strategy and practical ideas for implementing human rights education nationally.

Related documents

•  Plan of Action for the first phase (2005-2009) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education

•  National initiatives

•  Resolutions and Reports: General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Commission on Human Rights and Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

•  United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for human rights education in the school system

•  Human Rights Education and United Nations human rights mechanisms 

•  News

•  Forthcoming events

For further information, please contact:

World Programme for Human Rights Education
OHCHR, Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland  
Telephone: +41-22 9289304
Fax: +41-22 9289061
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