Understanding human rights : educational challenges for the future / Paula Gerber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerber, Paula.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Study and teaching.

Human rights.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers the first scholarly analysis of the United Nation's work in the field of human rights education (HRE) and examines why HRE is so important. Paula Gerber argues that international law can learn from the medical profession, which has long recognised that 'prevention is better than cure'. There is an urgent need for HRE to be recognised as one of the best ways of preventing future human rights abuses; it is, in essence, a prophylactic for human rights violations. The book explores the provenance of human rights education in international law before critiquing the UN's work in thi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Prevention is better than cure; 2. Provenance of human rights education within the UN; 3. Human rights education and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 4. Human rights education and the Committee on the Rights of the Child; 5. Human rights education and the Human Rights Council; 6. Human rights education and the Economic and Social Council; 7. Human rights education and the General Assembly; 8. Human rights education and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; 9. Recommendations

Appendix A: Extracts of selected international documents relating to human rights educationAppendix B: Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78100-606-7

OCLC:

831118635