The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.
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A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.
Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.
Human rights is something that wasn't hard to be inspired to write about because there have been so many violations of those rights.
Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.
Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.
My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.
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