Music has been an intrinsic part of not only my life but human life and the development of every people, society and culture throughout history. Music possesses the power to cross social, racial, cultural, economic and religious barriers and has the ability to truly touch people on a personal and emotional level which is why some even today fear the influence and impact of music. The process of trying to redeem humanitarian values can seem almost impossible in certain situations, however, human rights educators and researchers in social development have held that “change is successful when brought about at the micro-level.” Those in charge of organising human rights education (HRE) programmes need to take into account the social, political, cultural and economic contexts and the extent to which this education will have for social transformation. HRE in itself is primarily focused on building a human rights culture in communities and the programmes set up is evaluated on the basis of its realisation of this.In addition to building a human rights culture, HRE also leads to advocacy on those human rights issues. This is mostly as a result of societies where there is a struggle to embody and uphold human rights values. HRE would therefore need specific target groups and programmes following particular frameworks such as “fostering and enhancing leadership; coalition and alliance development; and personal empowerment” aimed at firstly healing of that community, its development and social transformation finally. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2010. / A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Gilles Cistac of the Faculty of Law, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. 2010. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

The aim of this research is to explore education policies through Tibbitts’ human rights education (HRE) models and to explore the practices in teaching HRE through education policies (i.e., civic education curriculum - CEC) and Tibbitts’ three models of HRE. For the aim to be reached CEC was analyzed and three primary school teachers were interviewed. These led to conclusions that, in regard to the models Vales and Awareness Model seems to take the most space in teaching with some implications of Transformation Model. The CEC is used to a varying degree and its usage seems to depend on the subject. As such, compatibility of teachers’ practices with CEC varies. In developing their understanding, knowledge, and pedagogical tools teachers strongly rely on their personal values and self-study. Additionally, the school environment calls for some improvements for it to become truly rights-respecting.

The United Nations (UN), and its respective agencies, have developed global initiatives with the overall aim of bringing attention to the importance of educating about, through and for human rights in various professional sectors. However, UN member states have varied in their commitments to develop, implement, and report on national policies and initiatives that endorse the promotion of human rights education (HRE), explicitly in the areas of primary, secondary and higher education institutes (HEIs). At present, there is limited literature concerning HRE and its diffusion throughout HEIs. This qualitative enquiry was undertaken to gain a deeper understanding of the dissemination of HRE within HEIs. Furthermore, the research sought to provide a representation of experiences and perspectives shared by human rights scholars and practitioners regarding the placement of HRE in academia. The data from this study was gathered through individual, semi-structured interviews with ten participants from seven different countries. The findings provide affirmation of the ongoing commitment that is required by not only member states, but a diversity of actors at the local, national and global levels. It is hoped that the recommendations will provide incentive for further research, including informed action plans that will advance HRE at the tertiary levels. There is still a significant amount of work that needs to be done to make HRE commonplace within universities. Consideration ought to be given to HRE and its capacity to complement academic fields that extend beyond its assumed presence in traditional disciplines. / February 2017

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"Human rights education (hereinafter HRE) squarely fits into the promotional mandate or obligation [of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights]. The Commission is implementing its promotional mandate by disseminating copies of the Charter [African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights] and sensitising governments about their responisiblities to citizens. There are also ongoing thematic human rights conferences, workshops and ad hoc training programmes throughout the continent. In addition, human rights are taught in some states over the continent as a subject by itself, especially in law faculties of universities, or as a component of interdisciplinary courses. But still, observers and specialists, notably teachers of higher education, who have a certain amount of experience in HRE, admit that there exists no African system of HRE stricto sensu. Many African states do not also have HRE programmes proper. This paper stresses the importance of HRE to avoid violations of human rights and pleads for practical steps by African states to carry out their obligations with respect to promotion of human rights. It also suggests the effective usage of the African Commission's mandate of examination of states reports for monitoring and co-ordination of HRE activities. It will do these by laying down a framework for planning, implementaiton and co-ordination of HRE programmes. ... Chapter one provides background to the study, identifies the problems to be tackled, summarises the relevant literature and introduces the objectives, hypotheses, methodology and scope of the study. Chapter two defines human rights and HRE. It also lists the goals of HRE and discusses the importance of the same. Moreover, it identifies normative foundations for HRE. Chapter three discusses the elements of efficient programmes for HRE. It identifies factors of effectiveness of HRE programmes from its design to its implementation. Chapter four deals with the role of state and non-state actors in HRE and suggests ways of building partnership samong the actors and co-ordination of efforts by the African Commission. Chapter five concludes the paper and provides [a] list of recommendations for effective HRE in Africa." -- Introduction. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2004. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

Em dezembro de 2011, a Assembleia Geral aprovou a Resolução 66/137 adotando a Declaração das Nações das Nações Unidas sobre a Educação e Formação em Direitos Humanos em sequencia ao processo educativo em direitos humanos - iniciado em 1948 com a Declaração dos Direitos Humanos - que vem em evolução constante, principalmente a partir da década de noventa. A Declaração é a reafirmação da comunidade internacional da necessidade de uma mudança de paradigma e valores que orientem a vida cotidiana dos indivíduos em todo o mundo e que é responsável pelo estado atual dos direitos humanos. Com a adoção deste novo documento internacional, começa o processo de difusão e disseminação do seu conteúdo visando a efetivação do direito humano à educação em direitos humanos - agora indubitavelmente positivado que, sem embargo, deverá superar diversos obstáculos estruturais para a aceitação dos princípios contidos na Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, vale dizer, os valores e tradições nas sociedades baseadas no patriarcalismo e no capitalismo neoliberal. / In December, 2011, the UN General Assembly approved the Resolution 66/137 adopting the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training following the human rights education movement started in 1948 by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an on-going evolution mainly as of the 90`s. The Declaration is the ratification by the international community of the need of changing paradigm and values which orient the life of individuals in daily basis worldwide and that is responsible for the current state of the human rights. With the adoption of this new international document the process of diffusion and dissemination of its content started aiming at the effectiveness of the right to human rights education. Yet, the Declaration must overcome many structural obstacles for the acceptance of its principles, in especial, the values and traditions of the societies based on the patriarchy and the neoliberal capitalism.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 maciel_ts_me_mar.pdf: 2202505 bytes, checksum: 0ef74514a8c94f382e42ec8d6e61f69e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente dissertação aborda a temática educação em direitos humanos, sob a ótica de que, devido ao contexto de exclusão e marginalização ocasionado pela ideologia neoliberal que orienta hoje a organização da sociedade, e devido às violações recorrentes aos direitos humanos, uma educação voltada para a concretização de uma cultura dos direitos humanos se faz necessária. Partiu-se de duas premissas: a escola de Educação Infantil, por ser o local de realização da primeira etapa da Educação Básica e o primeiro ambiente, depois do seio familiar, em que a criança estabelece relações sociais, é ambiente propício para o desenvolvimento de ações pedagógicas que trabalhem os valores fundamentais da educação em direitos humanos, bem como o caráter político que caracteriza tal educação; ademais, o(a) professor(a), enquanto mediador(a) das diversas relações que ocorrem no espaço escolar, é uma figura de extrema importância no processo educacional que procura desenvolver-se na perspectiva dos direitos humanos. Assim, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa consistiu em verificar quais as concepções de professores(as) de Educação Infantil acerca da educação em direitos humanos em uma escola pública municipal da cidade de Marília, e discuti-las a partir das bases presentes nos documentos nacionais que orientam a educação em direitos humanos. Os seguintes questionamentos guiaram o processo de investigação: quais as concepções acerca da educação em direitos humanos que possuem professores(as) de Educação Infantil, em uma escola pública municipal da cidade de Marília? Tais concepções vão ao encontro das propostas e políticas para a educação em direitos humanos presentes em documentos oficiais e na bibliografia selecionada? No que concerne aos procedimentos metodológicos, realizou-se, portanto, pesquisa de campo, pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. A entrevista semiestruturada e a técnica de análise de conteúdo nortearam, respectivamente, a coleta e a análise dos dados. Os resultados do estudo indicaram que as noções de direitos humanos que possuem o professor e as professoras que constituíram o quadro de sujeitos desta pesquisa, relacionam-se a questões político-sociais, além de apontarem para a dimensão da formação ética e referenciarem um processo errôneo de reconhecimento dos direitos humanos como direitos que não deveriam proteger a todos e todas. Concluiu-se que, de maneira geral, as concepções de direitos humanos, democracia e cidadania das profissionais e do profissional entrevistadas(o) estão permeadas pelo discurso neoliberal, no qual os direitos humanos confundem-se com os próprios direitos; a democracia limita-se ao modelo de representação e a cidadania aproxima-se mais da ótica passiva do que da ativa. Pode-se considerar, por fim, que, embora haja reconhecimento, por parte dos sujeitos da pesquisa, da importância de um trabalho pedagógico que contemple os direitos humanos, as concepções acerca da educação em direitos humanos proferidas por eles distanciam-se da bibliografia selecionada e do discurso oficial presente no Plano Nacional de Educação em Direitos Humanos e nas Diretrizes Nacionais para a Educação em Direitos Humanos. / This dissertation deals with the theme of human rights education, considering that, due to the context of exclusion and marginalization caused by the neoliberal ideology that today guides the organization of society, and due to the recurrent violations of human rights, an education turned to realization of a human rights culture is necessary. It was based on two premises: the Preschool, because it is the place where the first stage of Basic Education takes place and the first environment, after the family environment, in which the child establishes social relations, is an environment conducive to the development of pedagogical actions that work the fundamental values of education in human rights, as well as the political character that characterizes such education; in addition, the teacher, as mediator of the various relationships that occur in the school space, is a figure of extreme importance in the educational process that seeks to develop in the perspective of human rights. Thus, the general objective of this research was to verify the conceptions of Preschool teachers about human rights education in a municipal public school in the city of Marília, and to discuss them from the bases present in the national documents that guides the human rights education. The following questions guided the research process: what are the conceptions about human rights education that have Preschool teachers in a municipal public school in the city of Marília? Do such conceptions meet the proposals and policies for human rights education that contains in official documents and the selected bibliography? What that refers to methodological procedures was made a field research, bibliographical and documentary research. The semistructured interview and the technique of content analysis guided, respectively, the data collection and analysis. The results of the study indicated that the notions of human rights that have the teachers who constituted the framework of subjects of this research, relate to socio-political issues, besides pointing to the dimension of ethical formation, and referencing an erroneous process recognition of human rights as rights that should not protect everyone. It was concluded that, in a general way, the conceptions of human rights, democracy and citizenship of the professionals interviewed are permeated by neoliberal discourse, in which human rights are confused with the rights themselves; the democracy is limited to the model of representation, and the citizenship is closer to the passive than to the active. Finally, it can be considered that, although there is recognition by the research subjects of the importance of a pedagogical work that contemplates human rights, the conceptions about human rights education said by them grow up the distance from the selected bibliography and of the official discourse present in the National Human Rights Education Plan and the National Guidelines for Human Rights Education.

Em dezembro de 2011, a Assembleia Geral aprovou a Resolução 66/137 adotando a Declaração das Nações das Nações Unidas sobre a Educação e Formação em Direitos Humanos em sequencia ao processo educativo em direitos humanos - iniciado em 1948 com a Declaração dos Direitos Humanos - que vem em evolução constante, principalmente a partir da década de noventa. A Declaração é a reafirmação da comunidade internacional da necessidade de uma mudança de paradigma e valores que orientem a vida cotidiana dos indivíduos em todo o mundo e que é responsável pelo estado atual dos direitos humanos. Com a adoção deste novo documento internacional, começa o processo de difusão e disseminação do seu conteúdo visando a efetivação do direito humano à educação em direitos humanos - agora indubitavelmente positivado que, sem embargo, deverá superar diversos obstáculos estruturais para a aceitação dos princípios contidos na Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, vale dizer, os valores e tradições nas sociedades baseadas no patriarcalismo e no capitalismo neoliberal. / In December, 2011, the UN General Assembly approved the Resolution 66/137 adopting the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training following the human rights education movement started in 1948 by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an on-going evolution mainly as of the 90`s. The Declaration is the ratification by the international community of the need of changing paradigm and values which orient the life of individuals in daily basis worldwide and that is responsible for the current state of the human rights. With the adoption of this new international document the process of diffusion and dissemination of its content started aiming at the effectiveness of the right to human rights education. Yet, the Declaration must overcome many structural obstacles for the acceptance of its principles, in especial, the values and traditions of the societies based on the patriarchy and the neoliberal capitalism.

A Educação em Direitos Humanos é entendida, hoje, como um conjunto de processos de educação formal e não formal, orientados para a construção de uma cultura de respeito à dignidade humana, através da promoção e da vivência dos valores democráticos e republicanos, da liberdade, da justiça, da igualdade, da solidariedade, da cooperação, da tolerância e da paz. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa consiste em aprofundar o conhecimento sobre essa nova área de reflexão e de vivência no campo educacional que tem sido objeto de intervenções institucionais e do crescente interesse de dirigentes políticos, educadores, pesquisadores, militantes, entidades religiosas e organizações da sociedade civil ONGs. A partir da premissa sobre o vínculo inarredável entre democracia, Direitos Humanos e educação, trata-se de, com base no trabalho de levantamento e sistematização do que tem sido pensado e feito nesta área, provocar o debate e suscitar questões para a consolidação e o constante aperfeiçoamento do reconhecimento institucional e social de tais projetos, visando, igualmente, a melhoria das relações educacionais e sociais, na escola e fora dela. A dissertação apresenta uma abordagem histórica da educação em Direitos Humanos em nosso país, seus marcos normativos inclusive através dos planos governamentais - e experiências mais significativas. Apresenta também um balanço da produção brasileira sobre o tema, suas especificidades e regularidades. / The Human Rights Education is understood, today, as a process of formal and informal education, oriented for the construction of a culture of respect for the human being dignity, through the promotion of the democratic and republican values, of liberty, justice, equality, solidarity, cooperation, tolerance, and peace. The main goal of this research is to promote a deep understanding of this new area of reflection in the educational field, which has been the object of many institutional interventions and growing interest of politicians, educators, researchers, activity, religious entities and civil society organizations - NGOs. From the premise about the intrinsic bond between education, democracy and human rights, with the survey work and systematization of what has been thought and done in this area, this research wish to provoke the debate and bring new questions for the consolidation and the constant improvement of the institutional and social recognition of such project, aiming equally the improvement of social and educational relations at schools and outside. The dissertation shows an historical approach of education in Human Rights in our country, their normative milestones inclusive through governmental plans - and most significant experiences. It also shows a balance of brazilian production about this theme, their specificities and regularities.

While global human rights knowledge has become a central facet of curricula used to shape multicultural societies and develop cosmopolitan citizenry, such knowledge is shaped by sociopolitical context. Japan has a long history of incorporating human rights concepts into its citizenship curriculum; however, this curriculum is produced in a political context where there is resistance to extending rights to minorities and the disadvantaged, and where there are renewed attempts to emphasise traditional Japanese cultural values through education. Potential tensions have been recognised, yet little has been written about educational knowledge as end product, or its role in informing learner and teacher understanding of human rights. Intentions to promote inclusivity and new communal identities notwithstanding, this work establishes that the recontextualising discourse of human rights within Japan's school curriculum, as a discourse that regulates identity and citizenship, portrays the rights of marginalised and non-Japanese identities as privileges extending beyond the norm of society, while at the same time implicitly denying ethnic Japanese individuals full access to rights language. Thus, while learners regard human rights of value, many are less receptive and empathetic to rights claims made by non-like others, and are likely to consider society as incapable of embracing diversity. Human rights concepts possess symbolic value and weight; however, their symbolic importance can be easily embedded within particularistic notions of identity and nationality to ends contrary to multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, which for this research was witnessed in their transformation into tools for cultural and political legitimacy by the Japanese State. This research arrives at these conclusions through a systemic, holistic analysis of human rights learning in Japan that ties official knowledge to instructional and learning outcomes. This research is first a mixed-method policy sociology utilising computer-based analytical techniques to examine the structure and content of human rights knowledge within upper-secondary social studies textbooks representing Japan's official curriculum. This is followed by a comparative case study of two upper-secondary institutional sites of human rights learning, an academic, public coeducational western Japan senior high school, and a private Tokyo girls' senior high school, the primary differentiation being that the western Japan school is an explicit site of human rights learning, applying its own content and pedagogic practice as part of a specialised human rights curriculum designed to supplement the official curriculum. This research not only has implications for Japan in yielding a greater understanding of how the curriculum engages and reproduces identities and to what end, but also potentially to understand how similar tensions and contradictions between universal and particular play out in other national, State-sponsored education contexts.