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COMPASSManual for Human Rights Education with Young people
  1. Home
  2. Youth Portal
  3. Table of Contents
    1. Introduction to the 2012 edition of Compass
    2. Acknowledgements
    3. Impressum
    4. Chapter 1
      1. Introducing human rights education
      2. Approaches to human rights education in Compass
      3. Using Compass for human rights education
    5. Chapter 2
      1. Synoptic table of activities
      2. Human Rights Calendar
      3. Starters
      4. Activities for Reviewing
    6. Chapter 3
      1. About this chapter
      2. HRE and activism
      3. Simple actions for human rights
      4. Devising a plan of action
    7. Chapter 4
      1. Introduction
      2. What are human rights?
      3. The evolution of human rights
      4. Legal protection of human rights
      5. Human Rights Activism and the Role of NGOs
      6. Questions and answers about Human Rights
      7. Puzzlers
    8. Chapter 5
      1. Children
      2. Citizenship and Participation
      3. Culture and Sport
      4. Democracy
      5. Disability and Disablism
      6. Discrimination and Intolerance
      7. Education
      8. Environment
      9. Gender
      10. Globalisation
      11. Health
      12. Media
      13. Migration
      14. Peace and Violence
      15. Poverty
      16. Religion and Belief
      17. Remembrance
      18. War and Terrorism
      19. Work
    9. Appendices
      1. Status of ratification of major international human rights instruments
      2. United Nations
      3. Council of Europe
      4. GLOSSARY
  4. List of activities
    1. Activities from A to E
    2. Activities from F to P
    3. Activities from R to W
    4. Starters
    5. Activities for Reviewing
    6. Synoptic Table of Activities
  5. Human Rights Themes
    1. Children
    2. Citizenship and Participation
    3. Culture and Sport
    4. Democracy
    5. Disability and Disablism
    6. Discrimination and Intolerance
    7. Education
    8. Environment
    9. Gender
    10. Globalisation
    11. Health
    12. Media
    13. Migration
    14. Peace and violence
    15. Poverty
    16. Religion and Belief
    17. Remembrance
    18. War and Terrorism
    19. Work
  6. Other languages
    1. Translating Compass
  7. Resources
    1. Compasito
    2. EDC / HRE Charter
    3. Education Pack All Different All Equal
    4. Gender Matters
    5. No Hate Speech Movement
    6. Pestalozzi Programme
    7. Youth resources for HRE
    8. E-learning platform
  8. Contact
  • Home
  • Youth Portal
  • Table of Contents
    • Back
    • Introduction to the 2012 edition of Compass
    • Acknowledgements
    • Impressum
    • Chapter 1
      • Back
      • Introducing human rights education
      • Approaches to human rights education in Compass
      • Using Compass for human rights education
    • Chapter 2
      • Back
      • Synoptic table of activities
      • Human Rights Calendar
      • Starters
      • Activities for Reviewing
    • Chapter 3
      • Back
      • About this chapter
      • HRE and activism
      • Simple actions for human rights
      • Devising a plan of action
    • Chapter 4
      • Back
      • Introduction
      • What are human rights?
      • The evolution of human rights
      • Legal protection of human rights
      • Human Rights Activism and the Role of NGOs
      • Questions and answers about Human Rights
      • Puzzlers
    • Chapter 5
      • Back
      • Children
      • Citizenship and Participation
      • Culture and Sport
      • Democracy
      • Disability and Disablism
      • Discrimination and Intolerance
      • Education
      • Environment
      • Gender
      • Globalisation
      • Health
      • Media
      • Migration
      • Peace and Violence
      • Poverty
      • Religion and Belief
      • Remembrance
      • War and Terrorism
      • Work
    • Appendices
      • Back
      • Status of ratification of major international human rights instruments
      • United Nations
      • Council of Europe
      • GLOSSARY
  • List of activities
    • Back
    • Activities from A to E
    • Activities from F to P
    • Activities from R to W
    • Starters
    • Activities for Reviewing
    • Synoptic Table of Activities
  • Human Rights Themes
    • Back
    • Children
    • Citizenship and Participation
    • Culture and Sport
    • Democracy
    • Disability and Disablism
    • Discrimination and Intolerance
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Gender
    • Globalisation
    • Health
    • Media
    • Migration
    • Peace and violence
    • Poverty
    • Religion and Belief
    • Remembrance
    • War and Terrorism
    • Work
  • Other languages
    • Back
    • Translating Compass
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Compasito
    • EDC / HRE Charter
    • Education Pack All Different All Equal
    • Gender Matters
    • No Hate Speech Movement
    • Pestalozzi Programme
    • Youth resources for HRE
    • E-learning platform
  • Contact
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  3. Table of Contents
  4. Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Taking Action for Human Rights

About this chapter

HRE and activism

What is activism?
What is "taking action"?
When can a group take action?

Simple actions for human rights

Public actions
Young people educating
Doing it yourself
Changing the policy or behaviour of state representatives
Link up with other groups or movements
Evidence gathering

Devising a plan of action

Before you start
Planning your action
Getting organised
Debriefing and evaluation

Download Compass 

Chapters
  • Chapter 1 - Human Rights Education and Compass: an introduction
  • Chapter 2 -  Practical Activities and Methods for Human Rights Education
  • Chapter 3 - Taking Action for Human Rights
  • Chapter 4 - Understanding Human Rights
  • Chapter 5 - Background Information on Global Human Rights Themes
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  •  Table of Contents 
  • Human Rights Themes 
  • List of activities 
  •  Human rights calendar 
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