scholarly journals Teaching Human Rights: Toward a Kingdom of Ends

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Fuad Al-Daraweesh

The author argues that the current practices of human rights education produce anti-educational orthodoxies that result from a divorce between human rights and human rights education and human dignity, moral autonomy, and the right to justification.

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-337
Author(s):  
Cristiani Pereira de Morais Gonzalez ◽  
Maria Creusa De Araújo Borges

A partir de uma pesquisa teórico-normativa e descritiva, busca-se descrever a Educação em Direitos Humanos (EDH) na educação básica, que está traçada na 1ª fase do Programa Mundial para Educação em Direitos Humanos (PMEDH) e no Plano Nacional de Educação em Direitos Humanos (PNEDH). Consoante o primeiro, a EDH na educação básica é direito de todas as crianças, e prática educativa que deve ser desenvolvida nos sistemas de ensino primário e secundário; e, segundo o último, ainda, na comunidade escolar em interação com a comunidade local. Constata-se que a concepção de EDH contida nesses documentos é permeada pelo elemento da universalidade, havendo resguardo da diversidade quanto à prática.  Based on a normative and descriptive research, the goal is to describe Human Rights Education (HRE) in basic education that is outlined in the first phase of the World Program for Human Rights Education (WPHRE) and in the National Human Rights Education Plan (NHREP). According to first, HRE in basic education is the right of all children and the educational practice that must be developed in primary and secondary education systems; and, according to latter, still in the interation between the school community and the local community. It is verified that the concept of HRE contained in these documents is permeated by universality, protecting the diversity in the practice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Siti Julaeha ◽  
Mohamad Erihadiana

The importance of determining a learning model to achieve a goal that will be achieved optimally, the learning model is a guide for every teacher, with the right learning model, the achievement of the expected results is in accordance with what is planned, in the learning model and implementation of human rights education In the perspective of Islamic and national education, this concept has implications for at least three things. First, the right learning model to be used in the implementation of human rights education. Second, the implementation of human rights education in the perspective of Islamic education, and third, the implementation of human rights education in the perspective of national education. Thus, the implementation of human rights education in the perspective of Islamic and national education is interconnected, so that all three synergize towards the formation of students who have ibadurrohman and moral character. ul karimah  


Author(s):  
Valeria Ottonelli

This chapter sides with those who believe that a right to stay should be counted among fundamental human rights. However, it also acknowledges that there are good reasons for objecting to the most popular justifications of the right to stay, which are based on the assumption that people have valuable ties to their community of residence and that people’s life plans are located where they live. In response to these qualms, this chapter argues that the best way to make sense of the right to stay is to conceive it as belonging to the category of “control rights”; these are the rights that protect people’s control over their own bodies and personal space, which is an essential condition for personhood and human dignity. This account of the right to stay can overcome the most pressing objections to its recognition as a fundamental human right.


Author(s):  
Carozza Paolo G

This article examines the issue of human dignity in relation to human rights. It analyses the functions and principle of human dignity and its use in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments. It suggests that human dignity seems to help justify expansive interpretations of human rights and strengthens the centrality and importance of the right in question and limiting possible exceptions or limitations to that right. This article also contends that the difficulty of reaching greater consensus on the meaning and implications of human dignity in international human rights law may be attributed to the fact that it refers to both a foundational premise of human rights and to a principle that affect interpretation and application of specific human rights.


Author(s):  
John Vorhaus

Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares: 'Everyone has the right to education.' This implies that the right to education and training applies to all persons, including all persons in prison. This position is considered here from a philosophical point of view and it will receive some support. Yet it is not obvious that the position is correct, nor, if it is, how it is best explained. I will examine the basis for asserting a right to education on behalf of all prisoners, and consider what is required by way of its defence in the face of common objections. I illustrate how international conventions and principles express prisoners' right to education, and I look at how this right is defended by appeal to education as a means to an end and as a human right – required by respect for persons and their human dignity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-117
Author(s):  
Billy Holmes

Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights facilitates inequality regarding the imposition of the death penalty and thus, it cannot ensure universality for the protection of the right to life. Paragraph two of this article states: ‘sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes.’ This article argues that the vagueness of the phrase ‘the most serious crimes’ allows states to undermine human rights principles and human dignity by affording states significant discretion regarding the human rights principles of equality and anti-discrimination. The article posits that this discretion allows states to undermine human dignity and the concept of universal human rights by challenging their universality; by facilitating legal inequality between men and women. Accordingly, it asserts that the implications of not expounding this vague phrase may be far-reaching, particularly in the long-term. The final section of this article offers a potential solution to this problem.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Klein

A violação dos Direitos Humanos no Brasil persiste apesar do reconhecimento constitucional da dignidade humana e dos Direitos Humanos. A educação é uma via importante para formar sujeitos de direitos capazes de olhar para esta realidade e atuar na sua transformação. O Brasil conta com planos e diretrizes que orientam o desenvolvimento da Educação em Direitos Humanos em todos os níveis e modalidades educacionais. Este tipo de educação pressupõe caminhos metodológicos capazes de promover a reflexão e a problematização da realidade. A pandemia da Covid-19 que afetou e afeta todo o planeta durante o ano de 2020 nos confronta diariamente com a necessidade de garantir os Direitos Humanos das pessoas em nome da sua dignidade. Este artigo propõe-se a refletir sobre as possibilidades de ensino e aprendizagem a partir da problematização do contexto de pandemia em sala de aula.    Teaching and learning about dignity and Human Rights from the Covid-19 pandemic The violation of Human Rights in Brazil persists despite the constitutional recognition of human dignity and Human Rights. Education is an important way to form persons under law capable of looking at this reality and acting on its transformation. Brazil has plans and guidelines that guide the development of Human Rights Education at all levels and educational modalities. This type of education presupposes methodological paths capable of promoting reflection and problematizing reality. The Covid-19 pandemic that affected and still affects the entire planet during the year 2020 confronts us daily with the need to guarantee the people’s human rights on account of their dignity. This chapter aims to reflect on the possibilities of teaching and learning by problematizing the context of the pandemic in the classroom. Keywords: Human Rights Education. Human dignity. Covid Pandemic-19.


Author(s):  
Janilce Silva Praseres ◽  
Marcelo Ramos Saldanha

Abstract: human rights are a set of ethical values whose purpose is to protect and enable the realization of human dignity in its various dimensions and also prevent the reduction of the individual to the condition of object or, above all, the reduction of his condition as subject of rights, such as the right to life, freedom, security, equality. The universal character of human rights protection demonstrates some weaknesses, especially in the transposition into concrete legal systems, so what we propose is a brief analysis of human rights from Hannah Arendt.Uma Breve Análise Acerca dos Direitos Humanos a partir da Crítica de Hannah ArendtResumo: os direitos humanos são um conjunto de valores éticos que têm por finalidade proteger e possibilitar a realização da dignidade humana em suas várias dimensões e, ainda, impedir a redução do indivíduo à condição de objeto ou, sobretudo, a diminuição da sua condição na qualidade de sujeito de direitos, a exemplo o direito à vida, à liberdade, à segurança, à igualdade. O caráter universal de proteção aos direitos humanos demonstra algumas fragilidades, principalmente, na transposição para ordenamentos jurídicos concretos, assim, o que propomos é uma breve análise acerca dos direitos humanos a partir de Hannah Arendt.


Author(s):  
Natalia Kutuzova

The article substantiates the universal value of religious freedom, based on the fundamental human right to freedom of religion and belief. Referring to the relevant international documents, the author reveals the content of the concept of "religious freedom" and concludes that there are two basic values at the heart of human rights: human dignity and equality. Only a systematic approach to freedom of religion in the human rights complex gives them universal value. There are two components to freedom of religion (belief): freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; the right to profess one's religion or belief. Religious freedom has both a universal and a private dimension. Being secular in nature, freedom of religion is especially evident in modern societies, which secularity and inclusivity empowers people to decide for themselves about their religiosity. The article deals with the restrictions that exist for religious freedom. Often the right to practice one's religion comes into conflict with different rights of other people. The protection of these rights must come from the principles of non-discrimination, neutrality and impartiality, respect for the right to religion, pluralism and tolerance, institutional and personal autonomy, lack of a hierarchy of human rights. The article argues that religious freedom is a universal value and right in the human rights complex.


Author(s):  
Melanie Studer ◽  
Kurt Pärli

In Switzerland, the participation in certain work programmes is an eligibility criterion to social assistance benefits and the constitutionally granted right to the financial means required for a decent standard of living. This chapter examines whether the implementation of these programmes is in accordance with fundamental rights and more precisely, whether they respect the normative framework elaborated in Chapter 4. As will be shown, the right to financial assistance when in need has close links to human dignity. Therefore, the evaluation of the mentioned work programmes against the human rights background leads to some critical conclusions on their compatibility with international human rights law in general and human dignity in particular. Especially, the authors argue that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s case law lacks a comprehensive approach for the evaluation of human rights infringements in this context.


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