A Consultative Meeting to follow-up the 3rd review of the Charter on Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, organised by the Youth Department in cooperation with the Education Department of the Council of Europe
Between May 23 and May 24 2023, participants and representatives of partners of the 2022 Forum on the Present and Future of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe with Young People gathered in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg to discuss the conclusions and results of the Forum and of the 3rd Review of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education.
Objectives of the Consultative meeting
- To reflect and analyse the results, conclusions and recommendations of the 3rd Review process of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education and of the Forum on the Present and Future of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe with Young People while taking into account the results of the 4th Summit of the Council of Europe;
- To make proposals for follow-up for the Council of Europe’s work in the field of EDC/HRE for next 5 years and connect them to priorities and programme of the Youth and Education departments of the Council of Europe;
- To discuss ways to renew the Human Rights Education Youth Programme, as one of the ways to further action at national and international level to improve the provision and quality of citizenship human rights education in member states.
The meeting resulted, among others, in proposals to the Joint Council on Youth of a roadmap to implement the conclusion of the 3rd review of the Charter through the Youth for Democracy programme and in similar proposals to the programme of the Education Department of the Council of Europe. The participants made specific proposals to improve the provision and quality of human rights education and stressed that the backsliding of democracy is accompanied by a backsliding of human rights, which is equally worrying and needs to be addressed by human rights education.
