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EDUCATION
A. FUNDAMENTAL
CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN RIGHTS
RIGHTS
Right is the quality in a person
by which he can do certain
actions or possess certain things
that belong to him by virtue of
some title.
Natural Rights
A right that is conceived as part
of natural law and that is therefore
thought to exist independently of rights
created by government or society, such
as the right to life, liberty, and
property.
Legal Rights
A right created or recognized by
law.
Human Dignity
Human dignity is regarded as the
foundation of human rights. It is the
standpoint from which individuals can claim
rights from one another.
Education: It is a discipline concerned with teaching and learning methods in schools or school-like
environments as opposed to various non-formal and informal means of socialization (e.g., rural development
projects and education through parent-child relationships.
Education can be thought of as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society.
Human rights education: Human rights education is defined as training, dissemination, and information efforts
aimed at the building of a universal culture of human rights through the imparting of knowledge and skills and
the molding of attitudes and directed to:
b. The full development of the human personality and the sense of its dignity;
c.. The promotion of understanding, tolerance, gender equality, and friendship among all nations, indigenous
people, and racial, national, ethnic, religious and linguistic groups;
d. The enabling of all persons to participate effectively in a free society;
e. The furtherance of the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
Human rights education aims to build an understanding and appreciation for learning about rights and
learning through rights.
A comprehensive education in human rights not only provides knowledge about human rights and the
mechanisms that protect them, but also imparts the skills needed to promote, defend, and apply human rights in
daily life.
Goal of Human Rights Education: The ultimate goal of education for human rights is empowerment giving
people the knowledge and skills to take control of their own lives and the decisions that affect them.