Human Rights Education

Resources for educators and students about how to defend dignity and equality at home and abroad

The Basics: What are human rights?
What are human rights?
Who has to uphold human rights?
Are some rights more important than others?
Do human rights reduce poverty?
How do you know if something is a human rights violation?
How do human rights evolve?
Children’s rights around the world
Children Know Their Rights
 
Child marriage
Epidemic of Child Marriage in Bangladesh
LGBT
LGBT Students Bullied in Japan
Education
No School for Thousands of Syrian Refugee Children
Child Labor
MADE IN THE USA: Child Labor & Tobacco
Education
Afghanistan: Girls Struggle for an Education
Detention
1.5 Million Kids Locked Up Each Year Around the World
Education
Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School in Africa
Disabilities
Serbia: Children With Disabilities Neglected
Discrimination
Cradle to Grave: Discrimination Against Persons with Albinism in Mozambique
Child Marriage
End Child Marriage in Massachusetts
Education
Offer Deaf Children Education in Sign Language (Accessible)

Easy-to-Read Reports

The Education Deficit

Making sure all children in the world can go to school and get a good education

Problems with education for children with disabilities in Iran
It is my dream to leave this place

What is happening to children with disabilities in Serbia

Education for children in Mozambique with a condition called Albinism
Barriers to Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon

Education for children from Syria who live in Lebanon

The Expert: Hone your activism skills

 

Take our online seminar for human rights advocacy. This series of 7 short videos, hosted by Human Rights Watch’s children’s rights advocate Jo Becker, will give you an insider’s look at how you can work to bring meaningful change to people’s lives. The videos were made in conjunction with Columbia University. Also, check out Becker’s book, Campaigning for Children.

Our Foundation: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Learn More: How children’s rights are impacted worldwide

Start a book club

Read, discuss, and share these books on human rights, many written by HRW experts
1. The Courage of Strangers Jeri Laber
2. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
3. Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK? Kenneth Roth and Minky Worden, ed.
4. King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild
5. Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng
6. Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Kevin Bales
7. The Unraveling: Central African Republic Marcus Bleasdale & Peter Boukcaert
8. The Evolution of International Human Rights Paul Gordon Lauren
9. War Crimes: Brutality, Genocide, Terror, and the Struggle for Justice Aryeh Neier
10. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide Samantha Power

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Start a film club

Invite people over for an evening viewing of these top picks from our International Film Festival
1. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2. E-TEAM
3. Cartel Land
4. Enemies of the People
5. The Green Wave
6. Jung: In the Land of the Mujaheddin
7. Mediterranea
8. The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
9. Return to Homs
10. Camp 14: Total Control Zone
11. The First Grader
12. War Witch
Attend Our Annual Film Festival in a City Near You!