Human Rights Day

If ever we needed to be better aware and take more action on Human Rights -it is now! Everyone has the right to education; education has its very own article in the UDHR – Article 26. The right to education has been widely recognised and developed by a number of international normative instruments elaborated by the

Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know – Educator’s Guide – HREA

From Human Rights Education Association (HREA) Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know – Educator’s Guide April is Genocide Remembrance Month. The Crimes of War – Educator’s Guide provides rich content on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. It consists of eight thematic chapters: weapons; violence against civilians; child soldiers; sexual violence; terrorism and torture;

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21st March 2012

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws. Proclaiming the day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination. It

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION – new links and resources – May 2011

New resources have been added to the Human Rights Education Association (HREA) online library: * A Humanitarian Practitioner’s Guide to International Human Rights Law by William G. O’Neill (Providence: The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, 1999). Language(s): English. Keywords: guide, humanitarian workers, NGO staff, civil and political rights, internally displaced persons, international humanitarian law,