Human Rights Education for Youth (HEY)
HEY (Human Rights Education for Youth) is a programme by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. Its goal is to strengthen young people’s capacities to act for human rights, by raising their knowledge and understanding of European standards and other international legal frameworks for human rights protection (such as specific United Nations, League of Arab States and African Union treaties, conventions, protocols and charters)
HEY is a series of online tutored courses, building on the HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) programme, which has been successfully training legal professionals on topics related to human rights and Rule of Law for over 20 years in Europe and beyond. Selected HELP courses are adapted to a young audience, with new approaches and interactive pedagogy, based on the NSC expertise on global education and experience in youth cooperation. The programme includes a dedicated training process for tutors, ensuring a cascading of national courses, translated, and adapted to regional and national realities.
- To empower young people with knowledge and skills to promote human rights and rule of law: accessible, youth-oriented online courses, in line with European and other international legal standards and frameworks for human rights.
- To strengthen youth civil society: to promote youth leadership and develop young people’s ability to actively contribute to their communities and support others.
- To increase collaboration: between young people within and across regions, and between youth and legal practitioners, promoting exchanges in issues related to human rights and rule of law.
Abderrahim Baalla
Member of the Sport for dev association, Morocco
The course has been extremely beneficial. With a background in management and governance in the sports industry, I was able to deepen my knowledge of sport and human rights considerably. I am certain that this will be a major asset for my career in the sports sector, allowing me to integrate a human rights–based approach into my work.
Many thanks to the HEY Programme and to everyone who contributed to it.
Lynda Nkechi Emmanuel
Senior Programme Officer and Gender Focal Person at Mercy Corps, Nigeria
The HEY course deepened my understanding of intercultural and interfaith dialogue and expanded my network of practitioners working on similar issues.
The Training of Tutors strengthened my confidence to apply these methods in my organisation, where I have already begun integrating dialogue tools into community engagements and youth-focused sessions. The Training also strengthened my facilitation skills.
