Using the human rights framework as a critical/ethical tool (Feb 2010)

Using the human rights framework as a critical/ethical tool (Feb 2010)

While specific teaching and learning inquiries about human rights are important, the key to human rights-based education is applying a human rights and responsibilities lens consistently across the formal and informal curriculum.

Teachers can contribute to powerful human rights learning by simply including the questions

‘Are there any human rights implications here?',

‘Whose rights?',

‘Which rights?'

in discussions or inquiry templates, and ensuring that there is ready access to lists of human rights (eg through posters, handouts - see attached or UNCRoC - one page summary, UDHR (one page summary).