SGI Quarterly

Issue 66 | October 2011

Human Rights Education Today

  • Human rights education

This issue of the SGI Quarterly explored the power of human rights education in the year that the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training was adopted, featuring articles by Marcia V. J. Kran of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Prof. Andrew Fagan of Essex University and Sarah Mota from South Africa.

In this Issue

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Human Rights Education Today | Introduction

In recent years, human rights have come to be seen as a byword for the growth of democracy around the world. However, the knowledge, skills and… Read more
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An Education in Human Rights | Andrew Fagan

Andrew Fagan is Director of Academic Studies at Essex University’s Human Rights Centre. He is the author of several books, including The Atlas of… Read more
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Preparation for a Responsible Life | Nancy Flowers

An educator and writer, Nancy Flowers has worked to develop Amnesty International’s education program and to establish networks of human rights… Read more
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Building Peaceful Communities | Sarah Motha

Sarah Motha is the founder of two pioneering human rights education initiatives in South Africa; the Human Rights Education Centre and the Umphakatsi… Read more
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Responsive Policing Services | Scott Davis

Scott Davis is a sergeant in the Victoria Police, Australia, and has 23 years’ experience in operational policing. He describes how human rights… Read more
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The Bodhisattva Ideal and Human Rights Culture | By Daisaku Ikeda

In this excerpt from his 1998 Peace Proposal titled “Humanity and the New Millennium: From Chaos to Cosmos,” SGI President Daisaku Ikeda discusses… Read more
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A Legacy of Human Transformation | Dialogue between Austregésilo de Athayde and Daisaku Ikeda

Austregésilo de Athayde, President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters for 34 years until his death in September 1993, is best remembered as one of… Read more
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Religion and Human Rights Education | Peter Prove

Peter Prove is executive director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, an international network of churches and church-related organizations… Read more
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The United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training | Interview with Marcia V. J. Kran

Marcia V. J. Kran is Director of the Research and Right to Development Division in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human… Read more
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The Empowerment of Individuals | Interview with Kazunari Fujii

Kazunari Fujii was the SGI’s representative to the UN in Geneva and Chair of the NGO Working Group on Human Rights Education and Learning of CoNGO… Read more
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Strive by Teaching and Education to Promote Respect for These Rights | Charlie Clements

Charlie Clements is a public health physician and human rights activist. In December 1997, he represented Physicians for Human Rights at the… Read more
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