World Programme for Human Rights Education

A/HRC/RES/54/7View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2005–2023

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/7	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,015	32%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/2	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,047	36%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/39/3	World Programme for Human Rights Education	963	27%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/12	World Programme for Human Rights Education	1,182	20%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/15	World Programme for Human Rights Education	685	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Children Digital Technology Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Education Programmes of Action Sustainable Development Youth

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16 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the consultation on the target sectors, focus areas or thematic human rights issues for the fifth phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education;²

²A/HRC/54/37.

Encourages States and relevant stakeholders to, during the fifth phase of the World Programme, strengthen efforts to advance the implementation of the four previous phases, especially by:

Advancing implementation by focusing in particular on women, girls and children, and engaging with groups and individuals in vulnerable situations, in accordance with the objective of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development of “leaving no one behind”, and consolidating the work done;

Providing human rights education and training for educators in formal and non-formal education and training, in particular those working with children and youth;

Undertaking related research and mapping, sharing good practices and lessons learned, and sharing information among all actors;

Applying and strengthening sound educational methodologies based on good practices and assessed through continued evaluation;

Fostering dialogue, cooperation, networking and information-sharing among relevant stakeholders;

Furthering the integration of human rights education and training into school and training curricula;

Strengthening follow-up to the implementation of all previous phases of the World Programme;

Harnessing information and communications technology to ensure inclusive human rights education and training;

Decides that the fifth phase of the World Programme will continue to focus on youth, while expanding to include children as priority sectors, with special emphasis on human rights and digital technologies, the environment and climate change, and gender equality, and to align the fifth phase with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and specifically with target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account the synergies between the different concepts and educational methods mentioned therein;

Calls upon States and, where applicable, relevant governmental authorities and other stakeholders to increase their efforts to implement, disseminate and promote universal respect for and understanding of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training;

Encourages States to develop, as appropriate, comprehensive and sustainable national plans of action for human rights education and training, with dedicated resources;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare, from within existing resources, and taking into account the report of the High Commissioner and future relevant consultations, a plan of action for the fifth phase of the World Programme (2025–2029), in consultation with States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, national human rights institutions and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and to submit the plan of action to the Human Rights Council for its consideration at its fifty-seventh session;

Recommends that the Secretary-General ensure that an adequate component of United Nations assistance, to be provided at the request of Member States to develop their national systems of promotion and protection of human rights, is available to support human rights education and training;

Decides to consider this issue at its fifty-seventh session in accordance with its programme of work.

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