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Human rights cannot be effectively defended by legal measures alone, but also need to be safeguarded and respected by everyone in the community, especially young people. This manual on human rights education provides an information resource for youth leaders, teachers and others involved in youth education, with ideas and practical activities to motivate young people to form a positive awareness of human rights in their own lives. It has been produced within the framework of the Human Rights Education Youth Programme launched in 2000.
Human rights cannot be defended by legal measures alone. They need to be protected and safeguarded by everyone, including young people. Human rights are best respected and appreciated when we know them, stand up for them and apply them in our lives.COMPASS provides youth leaders, teachers and facilitators of human rights education activities, whether professionals or volunteers, with concrete ideas and practical activities to engage, involve and motivate young people in living, learning and acting for human rights. It promotes a comprehensive perspective on human rights education and sees young people as actors for a culture of universal human rights.COMPASS was originally published in 2002 ...
On cover and title page: All different, all equal
A pioneering study in the history of social rights, filling a significant gap in human rights scholarship and practice.
Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga, Serges Djoyou Kamga, and Arnold Kwesiga explore a relatively new phenomenon, namely referred to as illicit financial flows, that aim to impoverish the African continent and prevent its economic development. There is a direct relationship between illicit financial flows and failed initiatives to realize the right to development on the continent. For instance, in 2016, Africa received $41 billion towards public development while $50 billion left the continent through illicit financial flows. The gap between recent economic achievements on the continent and its state of generalized underdevelopment coupled with rampant poverty, corruption, prolonged economic crisis...
In 1998, the Council of Europe and the European Commission decided to take common action in the field of youth. Both institutions initiated a partnership agreement with the aim "to promote active European citizenship and civil society by giving impetus to the training of youth leaders and youth workers working within a European dimension". In 2003, additional agreements were signed in the fields of "youth research" and "Euro-Mediterranean youth co-operation". Since 2005, the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth activities have been focusing on the following topics: European Citizenship, human rights education and intercultural dialogue, ...
It is easy to say "I have no prejudices", "I'm not racist, so it has nothing to do with me", "I didn't invite those refugees". It is hard to say "I may not be to blame for what happened in the past but I want to take responsibility for making sure it doesn't continue in the future". The Education Pack "all different - all equal" was originally produced in 1995 as an educational resource for the European youth campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolerance. Soon after its publication it became a reference work for those involved in intercultural education and training with young people across Europe and beyond. Translated into many languages, it remains today one of the mos...
Les droits de l'homme ne peuvent être défendus uniquement au moyen d'instruments juridiques. Nous devons tous, y compris les jeunes, nous investir dans leur protection et leur respect. A cette fin, il nous faut les comprendre, les défendre et les mettre en œuvre dans toutes les sphères de nos vies. Les animateurs de jeunesse, les enseignants et les animateurs de l'éducation aux droits de l'homme, qu'ils soient professionnels ou volontaires, trouveront dans Repères des idées concrètes et des activités pratiques qui leur permettront d'inciter les jeunes à prendre l'engagement de vivre, d'apprendre et d'agir pour les droits de l'homme. Repères promeut une perspective globale de l'é...
Human security refers in its broadest sense to the protection of individuals from harm. Human Security: Theory and Action explores the theory and application of concepts central to this notion of security. It examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its applications and challenges in war and peacetime. With a unique focus on the evolving notion of responsibility for security, the text introduces the critical questions and priorities that underpin policies and actions. The text is organized around four sections. The introduction offers an overview of human security and its basic tenets and historical foundations. The second section focuses on human security i...