Human rights education: educatingabout, throughandforhuman rights

What is it about?

This article seeks to evaluate the efficacy of the specific formulation of Human Rights Education provided by Article 2(2) of the recently adopted UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. Whilst demonstrating the usefulness of Article 2(2) for assessing and comparing state practice in the provision of HRE, this article explores whether the influence of the Declaration’s formulation of HRE could be strengthened through improved linkage with relevant provisions in other international instruments together with more detailed guidance or clearer obligations within the Declaration itself. By drawing upon Scotland as a case study, it is suggested that there is enthusiasm for and commitment to HRE at the coalface of formal education, but that what is missing are comprehensive and consistent national strategies in accordance with each of the principal requirements of the international legal framework. It is argued that such national strategies are likely to follow only from more detailed guidance or clearer obligations at the international level.

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