HREA Electronic Resource Centre for Human
Rights Education:
The Bells of Freedom
THE BELLS OF
FREEDOM
with Resource Materials for
Facilitators of Non-Formal Education
and 24 Human Rights Echo Sessions
APAP
ACTION PROFESSIONALS' ASSOCIATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(1996)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Action-Professionals' Association for the Peoples (APAP) is a non-profit, non partisan and non-governmental membership organization established in January 1993. The objectives of APAP include,
inter alia, vindication of the legal rights of the poor, particularly those of women and children and the dissemination of basic legal and human rights awareness of the public at large.This trainer's handbook has the objective of promoting human rights awareness and the training of human rights education facilitators. The handbook was produced by APAP staff with the consulting and technical assistance of Richard Pierre Claude, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, and Visiting Professor, Princeton University. He is the author of
Educating for Human Rights (Manila: University of the Philippines Press, 1996), and co-editor (with George Andreopoulos (Yale University) of Human Rights Education for the 21st Century, Conceptual and Practical Challenges (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996).For copies of this trainer's guide in the Amharic language, write or fax requests to APAP. APAP is located in Woreda 13 Kebele 10 on the way from Ginfle Bridge to Menelik II Hospital
APAP
P.O.Box 12484, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Telephone 251 1 12 13 24
Fax 251 1 55 22 27
PREFACE
The United Nations General Assembly has announced 1995-2005 as the "United Nations Decade of Human Rights Education." Consistent with this UN commitment (Resolution 49/184) calling for internationally shared efforts, this manual is available for use and examination by interested persons. Duplication and distribution of the manual in English is facilitated by the People's Decade of Human Rights Education (PDHRE), an international organizing strategy for mass education in human rights and democracy facilitated by educators, social justice community workers, human rights advocates and the media. Requests for English-language copies of the manual should be addressed to the nearest of the three addresses below
(1)
PDHRE-USA
Peoples' Decade of Human Rights Education
526 W 111 Street # 4E
New York, NY, USA 10025
(2)
PDHRE-Africa
P.O.Box 546, Wits.
2050 Johannesburg, Guateng
South Africa
(3)
PDHRE-Europe
Valkendorfgade 13,
P.O.Box 132. DK 1004 Copenhagen
Denmark
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Why Promote Human Rights Education?
1. International Support for HRE
2. The Right to Education
3. The Right to Know Our Rights
4. Effective Human Rights Education
How We Facilitate Human Rights Education
1. Goal-Oriented Non-Formal Education
2. The Values Framework for HRE
3. The Use of Educational Exercises
4. How to Use this Handbook
Some Guidelines for Facilitators
Definitions of Terms Used
Sample Methods
5. Human Rights Echos
RESPECT FOR DIGNITY & FAIR RULES
Respect for Human Dignity
Learning Rules
Fairness
LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Social Sensitivity
Community
Law
. SEEKING JUSTICE BY USING ANALYSIS
Using Human Rights
Fighting Prejudice
Seeking Justice
RIGHTING WRONGS
Equity & Equality
Good Governance
Remedying Wrongs
HREA Electronic Resource Centre for Human
Rights Education:
The Bells of Freedom