By Dr. Israel Butler, Head of advocacy, Civil Liberties Union for Europe, April 2020 It is intended for anyone working in the human rights sector who wants people to appreciate the importance and usefulness of their rights in creating the lives they want to live and the communities they want to live in.
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First Steps: A Manual for Starting Human Rights Education – Peer Education Edition
Authors: Amnesty International First Steps was originally written as a manual for teachers and others who work with young people and who want to introduce human rights in their educational practices. This adapted version was developed using principles of peer education, to enable young people between the ages of 15 – 25 to teach other […]
SINIKO Towards a Human Rights Culture in Africa
Authors: Amnesty International This manual is for teachers and educators in Africa who work with young peopleboth in formal and non-formal educational environments and who want to introducehuman rights in their teaching practices. It is designed as a basic introduction, withadvice on methodology, activities for older and younger children and ideas foraction. The approach stresses […]
Becoming a Human Rights Friendly School: A guide for schools around the world
Authors: Amnesty International Illustrated throughout with case studies from the Human Rights Friendly Schools Network, the guide provides information and tools to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate a school’s journey to becoming human rights friendly. It offers practical suggestions for schools around the world to make human rights a viable part of their curricula, teaching […]
Preventing and responding to hate crimes: A resource guide for NGOs in the OSCE region
Authors: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human RightsCrimes motivated by prejudice, also known as hate crimes or bias crimes, occur all over the world. Respect and equal rights for all are necessary foundations to any stable society. Crimes motivated by prejudice against people because of their identity are […]
Addressing Anti-Semitism: Why and How? A Guide for Educators
Authors: OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority Recognizing that the context may vary in every country, or even in individual classrooms, this document provides educators with a general overview of common manifestations of contemporary anti-Semitism, as well as with some key educational […]
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Color it Rights! A child's introduction to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Authors: Cape Breton University Children’s Rights Centre’s A new children’s rights colouring book “Color it Rights” was developed by Cape Breton University Children’s Rights Centre’s to teach children aged 4-7 about their rights. Each picture in “Color it Rights” represents an article of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). There […]
Understanding the Religions and Worldviews of Others: the Alliance of Civilization’s Goals and the Interpretive Approach
“If we set out to educate people about religions, then there are some basic principles which need to be followed in devising appropriate methods for learning and teaching. One methodology which uses such principles is the interpretive approach”.
Studying Religions: The Interpretive Approach in Brief
Authors: Robert JacksonRobert Jackson’s interpretive approach to learning about religions is well-known for its sensitivity to individual differences and to diversity within religious traditions. Here is a short account of the interpretive approach, including references to some of Jackson’s publications on this topic.