Practices of Human Rights Education with and by young people

Garbagnate Milanese, Italy
Thematic Living Library
The Living Library is a tool that challenges prejudice by facilitating a conversation between two people: Books and Readers. Books are volunteers who have either been subjected to discrimination themselves or represent groups or individuals within society who are at risk of suffering from...
CID (Centre for Intercultural Dialogue), "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
National training course for educators on Human Rights
Human Rights educators from both the formal education and youth work systems built closer co-operation and joint activities thanks to an informal network intending to enhance Human Rights Education at local and national levels. Training course Shools Cross-sector Human Rights Intercultural...
Europe
Youth Peace Ambassadors Network - ‘human dignity and peace-building by young people in Europe’
The Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN) is an informal network of young peacebuilders from across Europe who work with and in conflict affected communities. Network Training Course Peacebuilding The Youth Peace Ambassadors Network was developed as an outcome of the ‘Youth Peace Ambassadors’...
tekne learning constructs office, Turkey
Time for Peace
This board game is an educational tool for talking with children of 10 years of age and up, on challenging topics such as conflict, war, violence, discrimination, peace, solidarity, equality and freedom. Game Peacebuilding School Children Refugee The target group is broad encompassing children...
Dínamo – Associação de Dinamização Sócio-Cultural, Portugal
We Stand for Human Rights!
This project was a cross-sectoral approach on the development of Human Rights Education in the Lisbon area. It saw a coordinated approach between civil society organisations, the formal education system and other stakeholders. It also translated the 2015 edition of Compass into Portuguese...
European Law Students' Association Ukraine (ELSA Ukraine)
ELSA Ukraine for Children
The project titled ‘ELSA Ukraine for Children’ was part of the campaign ‘One in Five’ run by the Council of Europe and ELSA. The main activity was the coming together of a legal research group, which wrote a report about legislative protection of children from sexual violence in Ukraine. Children...
Armenian Progressive Youth NGO
Where does Hate Come from?
The project supported the learners in the acquisition of new competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) and improved their critical and creative thinking in order to tackle hate speech online and offline. School Active Citizenship Human Rights The training course targeted youth workers based...
Youth In Progress
Independent Living from an EU Point of View
The project was a 4 day intensive training course run by disabled young people for ten other young disabled people from Latvia. It focussed on raising awareness about the concept of ‘Independent Living’ and what it means for disabled people. The young people gained skills and knowledge on how to...
EFIL - European Federation for Intercultural Learning
European Citizenship Trimester Programme - ECTP
ECTP is a three month exchange programme that takes place in 25 countries across Europe and includes a camp in Brussels, Belgium at the end of the programme. Youth Exchange School Active citizenship Participation Europe EFIL is the European Federation of AFS organisations in Europe. AFS...
EFIL - European Federation for Intercultural Learning
ACTIVE (Active Citizenship Tools in Various Environments)
The project ACTIVE, supports high school exchanges in developing understanding of active citizenship, democratic participation and human rights. To do this a manual was developed based on experiences of EFIL members and became a good practice guide. School Active Citizenship Human Rights EFIL...
Youth Association DRONI, Georgia
Play for PEACE
'Play for PEACE’ was an 8 day youth camp, with 30 young people from Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. It brought together young musicians to explore inclusion and non-violent communication through the medium of music, in order to spread messages of peace and make positive changes in their own lives...
European Youth Press - Network of Young Media Makers, Hungary
The World Perspectives: Diversity Voices
This project aimed at raising public awareness of the presence (whether deliberately planned or not) of biased information about minority issues in the media, and the frequency with which they appear. The project also aimed at significantly increasing intercultural understanding and public...
NGO “35mm”
Balkan Without Hate
The project explored how young people and youth work can benefit from the creation of genuine youth documentaries on what kind of (multicultural) societies they want to live in. The purpose was to showcase that young people from different, and usually perceived as conflicting, national identity...
ACTA Autism Arges (Association for Children and Adults with Autism in Arges), Romania
Puzzle of Diversity - Raising awareness in the local community on specificity of young people with autism
Autism Awareness Day, to make autism more visible and help the local community to understand better the rights of young people with autism to education, to inclusive education and to a quality education. Disability Schools The target group were young people with Autism, aged 15-35 years old and...
1st edition: developed in 2011 in Werftpfuhl, Germany and Brussels, Belgium / 2nd edition: developed in 2013 in Vilafranca, Spain; Werftpfuhl, Germany and Brussels, Belgium / International Falcon Movement-Socialist Educational International (IFM-SEI)
Rainbow Resources – Compasito Companion
Rainbow Resources is a publication with information and educational resources (‘session plans’) on gender and sexuality rights education with children. The first part of the book contains information and food for thought on children’s development, sexual rights, identity, bullying and diverse...
Novisi Elkartea, Bilbao
El empoderamiento lo hace possible! Empowerment makes it possible!
In this time where immigration, tolerance and peaceful coexistence are becoming a real challenge to Europe, it is vital to implement actions that focus on countering xenophobia, extremism and violence. Training Course Impact Long-Term Migrants Discrimination This activity did that and at the same...
Education Association, Novi Sad
Stop the Hate, do not hesitate!
This project saw the training and development of a team of young people in youth work and the combating of on and offline hate speech and violence. Training Course Impact Long-Term Youth Led Combating Hate Speech The trained young people then conducted workshops with their peers in schools and...