The Portal for Human Rights Schools offers resources for schools, policy makers, educators, students, and individuals interested in the implementation of a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to schooling. A human rights-based approach to schooling is concerned with the organisation of learning so that it is reflective of human rights principles and promotes understanding and cherishing of the human rights framework.

The aims of this portal are:

• to provide viewpoints on the theoretical underpinnings of the HRBA;
• to present a range of HRBA practices that are emerging in schools worldwide;
• to encourage "best practices" in the documentation and evaluation of HRBA by sharing resources dedicated to examining the most pressing issues in evaluating human rights education.

HREA recognises the flexible and evolving nature of HRBA and seeks to draw on a number of perspectives to show how the human rights-based approach to schooling can be implemented in a way that is sensitive to the cultural, social, economic, and political variants that are specific to each school.

HRBA's theoretical roots


Emerging practices


Approaches to human rights-based schooling

Case studies: Schools implementing the HRBA

HREA is the lead partner of the School for Human Rights in Brooklyn, New York (USA). The mission of the school is to develop the academic and social capacity of all students, regardless of identity and ability. A combined middle and high school, the School for Human Rights offers an integrated academic and social skills-based curriculum to challenge its students to think critically and become compassionate, socially engaged young adults committed to the practice of equity, dignity and social consciousness. Currently, HREA is fostering global exchanges and partnerships between schools that are inspired by, and are governed by, the human rights-based framework.

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Introduction to Human Rights Education

The Right to Education

Podcast with Felisa Tibbitts on human rights education (6 December 2010)

The Global Human Rights Education Listserv
Moderated forum to exchange information on upcoming trainings and conferences; studies and "lessons learned"; human rights education resources; and new projects around the world.