Human Rights Education Library
This month we’re featuring our HRE Library and highlighting Refugee Rights and Women & Girls.
Our online human rights education library is a curated, resource-rich collection of HRE materials for K-12 educators.
Our library includes curriculum, lesson plans, documents, manuals, articles, books, and more. Whether you are seasoned veteran or just getting started, you can be sure to find something useful and relevant to enhance your HRE learning and practice.
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Refugee Rights
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948) states, “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” A refugee is a person who has left his or her country due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or social group. When crisis such as natural disasters and armed conflicts force thousands of people flee their home countries, their numbers can overwhelm host countries, even with help from agencies like the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Red Cross and Red Crescent, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Women & Girls
Although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948) states that “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as … sex,” the majority of the world’s women, never experience equal dignity or full realization of their human rights. Traditional gender roles present a major obstacle to women’s human rights. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW, Women’s Convention, 1979) prohibits such discrimination against women and obligates governments to take affirmative steps to advance the equality of women. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) recognizes the right of women to be free from violence and obligates governments to take steps to eliminate violence against women.
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