DEVELOPMENTAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

DEVELOPMENTAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
LEVELS	GOALS	KEY CONCEPTS	PRACTICES	SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS	EDUCATION STANDARDS & INSTRUMENTS
Early Childhood • Preschool & lower Primary school • Ages 3 to 7	• Respect for self • Respect for parents and teachers • Respect for others	• Self • Community • Responsibility	• Fairness • Self-expression • Listening	• Racism • Sexism • Unfairness • Hurting People (feeling, physically)	• Classroom rules • Family life • Community standards • Convention on the Rights of the Child
Later Childhood • Upper primary school • Ages 8 to 11	• Social Responsibility • Citizenship • Distinguishing wants from needs from rights	• Individual rights • Group rights • Freedom • Equality • Justice • Rule of law • Government • Security • Democracy	• Valuing diversity • Fairness • Distinguishing betweenfact and opinion • Performing school orcommunity service • Civic participation	• Discrimination/prejudice • Poverty/Hunger • Injustice • Ethnocentrism • Passivity	• UDHR • History of human rights • Local, national legal systems • Local and national history in human rights terms • UNESCO, UNICEF
Adolescence • Lower secondary school • Ages 12 to 14	• Knowledge of specific human rights	• International law • World Peace • World Development • World Political Economy • World Ecology • Legal Rights • Moral Rights	• Understanding otherpoints of view • Citing evidence in support of ideas • Doing research/gathering information • Sharing information • Community service and action	• Ignorance • Apathy • Cynicism • Political repression • Colonialism/imperialism • Economic globalization • Environmental degradation	• UN Covenants • Elimination of racism • Elimination of sexism • Regional human rights conventions • UNHCR • NGOs
Older Adolescents and Adults • Upper secondary school and adult groups • Ages 15 and up	• Knowledge of human rights standards • Integration of human rights into personal awareness and behaviors	• Moral responsibility/ literacy	• Participation in civic organizations • Fulfilling civic responsibilities • Civic disobedience • Community services and action	• Genocide • Torture	• Geneva Conventions • Specialized conventions • Evolving human rights standards

Adapted fromn the United Nations Document, Guidelines for National Plans of Action for Human Rights Education.