L’EIP en réseau

33rd session of the Human Rights Council
High-level panel discussion on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on
Human Rights Education and Training: good practices and challenges

14 September 2016, 3 to 6 p.m., Palais des Nations, Room XX, Geneva
(will be broadcast live and archived on http://webtv.un.org)

This high-level panel discussion will address current issues related to human rights education and training five years after the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. The panel objectives are to:

• • Highlight the role of human rights education and training in achieving the right to education, including in the context of current United Nations initiatives such as the Global Education First Initiative and Target 4.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
• • Explore the contribution of human rights education and training to tackle current challenges, in particular discrimination and the prevention of violent extremism;
• • Review information on national implementation of human rights education and training in the past five years and draw lessons learned, for instance in the context of the evaluation of the second phase (2010-2014) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education;
• • Examine international and regional intergovernmental efforts to encourage national implementation of human rights education and training, raise awareness about and encourage Member States to contribute to intergovernmental monitoring mechanisms;
• • Identify opportunities to give further impetus to national implementation of human rights education and training in the years to come, in line with the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training and Target 4.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Download the program (in word format)