Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century

by Andreopoulos, George J.; Claude, Richard Pierre

• ISBN13: 9780812216073
• ISBN10: 0812216075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Centuryis a comprehensive resource for training, education, and raising awareness in a wide variety of settings, both formal and informal. A diverse group of contributors--experienced activists, education experts, and representatives of several international governmental organizations--provides a rich potpourri of ideas and real-world approaches to initiating, planning, and implementing programs for teaching people about their human rights and fundamental freedoms. This volume has been developed for a global audience of educators, scholars in many disciplines, nongovernmental organizations, and foundation officers.

Author Biography

George J. Andreopoulos is Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, where he directs the Center for International Human Rights. He is the editor of Science in the Service of Human Rights, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Human Rights Education in the Post-Cold War Context	p. 9
Human Rights as Education for Peace	p. 21
Human Rights Education in UN Peace Building: From Theory to Practice	p. 35
Human Rights Education s a Strategy for Development	p. 51
Human Rights Education as Empowerment: Reflections on Pedagogy	p. 64
Conflict Resolution and Human Rights Education: Broadening the Agenda	p. 80
Education on the Human Rights of Women as a Vehicle for Change	p. 96
Charter Making and Participatory Research	p. 119
Human Rights Education: The Promise of the Third Millennium?	p. 142
Teacher Education and the Human Rights Vision	p. 161
Training of Trainers	p. 176
Teaching Human Rights in the Universities: Paradoxes and Prospects	p. 194
Curriculum Development for an Interdisciplinary Minor	p. 209
Human Rights Awareness and Skill Games in Political Science	p. 221
Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Adult Education	p. 236
Clinical Legal Education for Human Rights Advocates	p. 261
Human Rights Education for Law Enforcement	p. 278
Military Training for Human Rights and Democratization	p. 296
Human Rights Education for the Police	p. 310
Teaching Human Rights to Public Health Practitioners	p. 334
A Cambodian Human Rights Education Program for Health Professionals	p. 345
Science, Scientists, and Human Rights Education	p. 359
Beyond the "Official Story": What Journalists Need to Know	p. 374
Global Human Rights Education: The Challenges for Nongovernmental Organizations	p. 394
Community Education for Law, Democracy, and Human Rights	p. 416
Promoting Human Rights Education in a Marginalized Africa	p. 436
Looking at Women's Empowerment Initiatives from a Grassroots Level	p. 455
Problems in Planning Human Rights Education for Reemerging Latin American Democracies	p. 469
Implementing Human Rights Education in Three Transitional Democracies: Romania, Slovakia, and Albania	p. 484
Labor Union Human Rights Education on Foreign Labor Issues in Germany	p. 517
Human Rights Education and the New Telecommunications Technology	p. 547
Setting Up a Human Rights Education Resource Center	p. 565
Fund-Raising for Human Rights Education: Enduring Principles, Emerging Techniques	p. 582
Epilogue: The Next Step, Quality Control	p. 599
Reference Documents	p. 611
Select Bibliography	p. 613
Contributors	p. 619
Index	p. 623
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