Human Rights Education and Training

Effective human rights education has two essential objectives: learning about human rights and learning for human rights. Learning about human rights is largely cognitive including human rights history documents and implementation mechanisms. Learning for human rights means understanding and embracing the principles of human equality and dignity and the commitment to respect and protect the rights of all people.

This book is intended to help people who care about human rights to become effective educators able to share both their passion and their knowledge. It lays out the basics: why for whom what where who and how. It sets out the working definitions of human rights and human rights education along with a comprehensive account of developments in this field.