World Programme for Human Rights Education

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2013.

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11 versions · 2005–2023

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5 topics

Anti-Discrimination Measures Human Rights Education Journalists Programme Implementation Programmes of Action

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the consultation on the focus of the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education;

Encourages States and, where appropriate, relevant stakeholders to, during the third phase of the World Programme, strengthen efforts to advance the implementation of the first and second phases, with a special emphasis on:

Advancing implementation and consolidating the work done;

Providing human rights education and training for educators in formal and non-formal education and training, in particular those working with children and youth;

Undertaking related research and mapping, sharing good practices and lessons learned, and sharing information among all actors;

Applying and strengthening sound educational methodologies based on good practices and assessed through continued evaluation;

Fostering dialogue, cooperation, networking and information-sharing among relevant stakeholders;

Furthering the integration of human rights education and training into school and training curricula;

Decides to make media professionals and journalists the focus group of the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, with a special emphasis on education and training in equality and non-discrimination, with a view to combating stereotypes and violence, fostering respect for diversity, promoting tolerance, intercultural and interreligious dialogue and social inclusion, and raising awareness of the universality, indivisibility and interrelatedness of all human rights among the general public;

Calls upon States and, where applicable, relevant governmental authorities and other stakeholders to increase their efforts to implement, disseminate and promote universal respect for and understanding of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training;

Encourages States to develop, as appropriate, comprehensive and sustainable national plans of action for human rights education and training, with dedicated resources;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare, from within existing resources, a plan of action for the third phase of the World Programme (2015-2019) in consultation with States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, national human rights institutions and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and to submit the plan of action for consideration by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session;

Recommends that the Secretary-General ensure that an adequate component of United Nations assistance, to be provided at the request of Member States to develop their national systems of promotion and protection of human rights, is available to support human rights education and training;

Decides to consider this issue at its twenty-seventh session in accordance with its programme of work.

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