On 10 December, Human Rights Day, the Youth Department of the Council marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with two important events that make human rights education better and more accessible to young people.

In Baku, a Forum on Human Rights and Citizenship Education with Young People was held to publicly launch Compass and Have Your Say! in Azerbaijani, co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan.  Read more

In Berlin, the German version of Compass was launched at the Federal Agency for Civic Education in a session attended by Antje Rothemund, Head of the Youth Department, Thomas Krüger, President of Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung and Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, Director of the German Institute for Human Rights. Read more

In the same spirit, a Compass workshop on human rights was organised in Luxembourg on 8 December by the Zentrum fir politesch Bildung in cooperation with the Council of Europe.

Action Plan on Azerbaijan

Human Rights Education Youth Programme

Zentrum fir politesch Bildung

German Institute for Human Rights