Human rights Principles
There are central principles reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights treaties that are fundamental to all human rights, including the right to education.This document gives a description of the fundamental rights principles including; universality and non-discrimination, interdependence and indivisibility, participation and empowerment and responsibilities and accountability. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Human rights-based education - chronology
This resource shows the timeline of the human rights-based approach in education. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Human rights-based education in practice: Hampshire primary schools talking about Rights Respect Responsibility
Two years after the idea of building New Zealand schools as human rights communities was first floated, the UK county of Hampshire launched a similar initiative called Rights, Respect, Responsibility (RRR). This paper gives a vivid picture – through the words of principals and their deputies – of what human rights-based education might mean in practice as they describe “their journey in developing RRR, capturing the passion and that RRR can engender.” (From the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Human rights-based education: fulfilling NZ education policy
A strong human rights theme runs through New Zealand’s Education Act, National Education Goals, Curriculum and National Administrative Guidelines. This resource gives a brief overview of the importance of human rights to New Zealand's educational history and current policy. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Responsibilities of teaching staff
It is the teacher's task to translate national policies into practical action in each school and to ensure that they embrace a culture that is inclusive and respectful of every child. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Rights and responsibilities agreements: joining the dots
The international human rights framework that has emerged during the last century to act as a cross-cultural ethical guide to individual, organisational and state behaviour is a product of extensive negotiation and agreement. This resource outlines the development of negotiated Rights & Responsibilities Agreements replicates this international process in the school. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Student participation in school decisionmaking
Schools are indisputably the primary institutions in which children develop an understanding of what it takes to become an active and knowledgeable democratic citizen, who is aware of and exerts their fundamental human rights and responsibilities in every day life. Such an understanding however, cannot be cultivated without democratic structures and processes being actively modelled for students in schools. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Taking the human rights temperature of your school
A whole school activity which is crucial to development as a rights respecting community. This activity will have students and teachers alike examining thoughtfully and critically the human rights climate at their school and making connections between the need for a safe school environment and international standards of human rights. Curriculum values of 'integrity - Ngãkau/tapatahi' and 'Respect - Manaaki/ãwhi' are encouraged by making all members of the school community equally accountable for the protection of human rights. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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The case for human rights based education
The resource addresses issues of why NZ schools and centres should implement human rights based education (HRBE), what is in it for schools and centres, and results of HRBE drawn from international research. New Zealand's important role in the formation of international human rights standards is elaborated on in this resource, as well as our current failures in human rights-related challenges: for example, a significant tail of under-achievement in particular social groups, problems of student behaviour, teacher burn-out and lack of human rights knowledge. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child and education
Parts of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are linked to the development of a rights-respecting school and specific educational rights. These rights are cited in UNCRC, as are rights pertaining to general principles which underpin the education of children - as well as additionally relevant UNCRC articles. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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