Amnesty International
First Steps: A Manual for Starting Human Rights Education. London: Amnesty International, 1996.

The full text of this comprehensive primer for human rights education is also available online in Albanian, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.

Amnesty International Educators' Network
Amnesty International Educators' Network Human Rights Education Resource Notebooks. New York: Amnesty International Educators' Network, 1997.

A collection of human rights education curricula in specific topic areas, including women's human rights, children's rights, religion, race and ethnicity, indigenous peoples and the death penalty.

Andrepoulos, George J., and Richard Pierre Claude, eds.
Human Rights Education for the Twenty-first Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

A comprehensive overview of human rights education, including sections on theories and contexts, approaches to teacher training, college and adult education, specialized training for professionals, community-based and nonformal human rights education, and resources and funding.

Bernstein Tarrow, Norma, ed.
Human Rights and Education. New York: Pergamon Press, vol.3, Pergamon Comparative and International Education Series, 1987.

Brown, Margot
Our World, Our Rights: Teaching About Rights and Responsibilities in the Elementary School. New York: Amnesty International USA, 2000.

Offers innovative strategies and activities for teaching about the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in elementary school. Activities address human rights in the family, the classroom, the school and the wider community.

Center for the Study of Human Rights
Twenty-five Plus Human Rights Documents. New York: Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 2001.

Claude, Richard Pierre
The Bells of Freedom. Addis Ababa: Action Professionals Association, 1995.

A resource curriculum with resource material for facilitators of nonformal education and 24 human rights "echo sessions." Also available in Japanese, Amharic and Creole.
A French language version is available online at Civnet -- under the title Manuel de formation, destine aux animateurs de sessions de reflexion sur les droits de l'homme.

Claude, Richard Pierre
Methodologies for Human Rights Education. New York: Peoples Decade for Human Rights Education, 1997.

A practical introduction to human rights education pedagogy, including an essay on the right to know one's rights, a guide to curriculum planning, suggestions for educating for empowerment and targeting user-groups, and methodologies for evaluation.

Dupont, Lori, Joanne Foley and Annette Gagliardi
Raising Children with Roots, Rights and Responsibilities: Celebrating the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Minneapolis, MN: Human Rights Resource Center, 1999.

An interactive curriculum to introduce both parents and their pre-school children to the rights of the child. Emphasizes problem solving, critical thinking and citizenship skills, and builds ethical awareness and self-confidence in both children and families.

Fisher, Elizabeth and Linda Gray MacKay
Gender Justice: Women's Rights Are Human Rights. Cambridge, MA: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 1996.

A study/action guide based on the Beijing Platform for Action from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.

Flowers, Nancy, ed.
Human Rights Here and Now: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Minneapolis, MN: Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota, 1997.

Flowers, Nancy with Marcia Bernbaum, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer and Joel Tolman
The Human Rights Education Handbook. Minneapolis, MN: Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota, 2000.

A primer for human rights education that includes background information, strategies for teaching human rights, and activities for a variety of ages and situations.

Harris, D. J., M. O'Boyle and C. Warbrick
Law of the European Convention on Human Rights. London: Butterworths, 1995.

The best source of law on the European Convention on Human Rights(ECHR) and for guidance in interpreting the same language of the ICCPR. Contains the most balanced discussion between rights of the accused and the rights of victims and needs of effective law enforcement.

Martin, J. Paul
The Design and Evaluation of Human Rights Education Programs. New York: Columbia University, Center for the Study of Human Rights, 2000.

Martin, J. Paul
Self-help Human Rights Education Handbook. New York: Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 1996.

A practical guide to program planning and curriculum development for human rights.

Mertus, Julie, with Nancy Flowers and Mallika Dutt
Local Action, Global Change: Learning About the Human Rights of Women and Girls. New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and The Center for Women's Global Leadership, 1999.

Includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace and family life. Each chapter connects the discussion to the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and other international agreements.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Your Place in the World: Human Rights and Responsibilities. Santa Barbara, CA: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 1998.

A curriculum that addresses issues of tolerance affecting high school students in their communities by guiding students to define human rights and formulate their own ideas of rights and responsibilities.

O'Brien, Edward, Elena Green and David McQuoid-Mason
Human Rights for All. St. Paul, MN: West Educational Publishing, USA, 1996.

An innovative and comprehensive curriculum for high school students that lays a foundation in human rights law and concepts, and challenges students with difficult questions.

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
ABC, Teaching Human Rights: Practical Activities for Primary and Secondary Schools. New York: United Nations, 2000.

The new edition of this introduction to human rights education emphasizes the UDHR and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

People's Decade for Human Rights Education
Learning, Reflecting and Acting: 149 Activities Used in Learning Human Rights. New York: People's Decade for Human Rights Education, 1996.

Reardon, Betty A.
Educating for Human Dignity: Learning About Rights and Responsibilities. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.

Taking a developmental approach to human rights education, each chapter discusses the learner's skills and conceptual level at a particular age and offers examples of age-appropriate lessons. The introduction provides a theoretical basis for education for human rights and civic responsibility. Also available in Arabic.

Reichel, Philip L.
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, A Topical Approach. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.

Superior outline and discussion on major criminal justice systems in the world, illustrating the major similarities and differences; excellent for human rights practitioners to become aware of how other criminal justice systems differ from their own, to prevent country-centric assumptions.

Reid, Karen
A Practitioner's Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1998.

Excellent for non-lawyers, as laid out by general topics, rather than by sections and subsections of the convention.

Seidman, Ann, Robert Seidman and Nalin Abeyesekere
Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change: A Manual for Drafters. Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Law International, 2001.

The best book for use in assisting transitional or post-conflict countries in legislative change.

Shelton, Dinah
Remedies in International Human Rights Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Excellent, albeit detailed and technical legal discussion of remedies and sanctions in favor of individuals who have had their human rights violated by international or domestic law.

Shiman, David
Teaching Human Rights. Denver, CO: Center for Teaching International Relations, 1999.

This thought-provoking activity book makes students aware of issues of justice and rights, encourages cross-cultural comparisons and challenges students to define their own values and consider how they could contribute to a better world.

Starmer, Keir
European Human Rights Law. London: Legal Action Group, 1999.

Demonstrates the view of an activist for human rights, by a lawyer involved in litigation before the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Tibbitts, Felisa
Evaluation in the Human Rights Education Field: Getting Started. The Hague: Netherlands Helsinki Committee/HREA, 1997.

Tibbitts, Felisa
"Human Rights Education in Schools in the Post-Communist Context," in European Journal of Education (Vol. 29, No. 4), 1994, pp. 363-76.

United Nations
Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, Seventh U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Milan, 26 August to 6 September 1985, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 121/22/Rev. 1 at 59 (1985).

United Nations
Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, Eighth U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27 August to 7 September 1990, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 144/28/Rev. 1 at 118 (1990).

United Nations
Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, Eighth U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27 August to 7 September 1990, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 144/28/Rev. 1 at 112 (1990).

United Nations
Body Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988.

United Nations
Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, G.A. res. 34/169, annex, 34 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 46) at 186, U.N. Doc. A/34/46 (1979).

United Nations
Declaration of the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. General Assembly resolution 40/34 of 20 November 1985.

United Nations
Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, Economic & Social Council Resolution 1989/61, 15th plenary meeting, 24 May 1989.

United Nations
Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors, Eighth U.N. Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27 August to 7 September 1990, U.N. Doc. A/CONF. 144/28/Rev. 1 at 189 (1990).

United Nations
International Convention on Civil and Political Rights. Gen. Assembly Res. 2200 A XXI of 16 Dec. 1966; entry into force 23 March 1976. U.N.T.S. No. 14668, vol. 999 (1976), p.171

United Nations
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules). Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/119 of 14 December 1990.

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