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Welcome to the teachers’ pages. These pages have been designed to support you in your human rights education work. Download teaching material suitable for your class, read the latest articles in the newsletter (and feel free to contribute!) or join in the discussions in the forum.

Schools team up to develop friendly playgrounds

The aim of our cross border linking project ‘Hu ...

May 21	World Day for Cultural Diversity
Jun 3	Summer Workshops for Primary Schools- 5th & 6th Class
Jun 12	World Day Against Child Labor
Jun 20	World Refugee Day
Jul 1	Children's Rights and Participation Conference- UK

Isn't it the government’s responsibility to ensure that people have the opportunity to learn about human rights?

Members of the United Nations have an obligation to promote human rights education in all forms of learning. Individual educators and non-governmental organisations can therefore do a lot to enco ...

Posted by CATHERINE at 14:22 on 2 May in thread What difference does a whole school approach make to human rights education?.

“Hi In Scoil Bhride, Goresbridge we took on a whole school approach to human rights education. We decided to approach the human rights lesson as ...”

Junior urgent actions are monthly appeals which have been specially designed for young people aged 8-12 working with the help of an adult (usually a parent or teacher). The actions are part of Amnesty International’s worldwide letter-writing campaign on behalf of victims of human rights violations.

For a sample of a junior urgent action or to join the network, please click here.