[hr-education] Re: Human rights/children's rights values

Dear human rights educators,

Some time ago I sent in a message to this list with a request for support
in determining which are the values that we consider 'children's rights
values' (or: human rights values). I am grateful to all those who have
sent me their contribution. One of the reactions I received was a warning
to take in consideration that values are related to culture, and that from
a multicultural perspective it is far from evident to reach a consensus on
which should be considered the 'human rights values'. From this reaction
we concluded that an 'attitudes' approach is preferable: attitudes are
more concrete than values. Other reactions related to the word and concept
'tolerance'

We worked out the next set of attitudes children rights education with
young people could contribute to (apart from fostering knowledge,
attitudes and skills fostering children's rights in their legal meaning).

Basic attitude: respect for everyone's human dignity, one's own dignity
included. This basic attitude encompasses:
- Respect for everyone: everyone's life, fysical and mental
integrity, freedom, property, privacy, including one's own. 
- Respect for differences: in ethnic, religious, cultural aspects, in
opinion, in identity,..., including one's own. 
- Taking up one's own responsibility in society. 
- Equal treatment of all, man/woman,... 
- Securing of the rights of the next generations: prudence in
relationship to nature and natural resources. 
- Empathy/solidarity, contributing to a life with adequate standard
of living and without fear or oppression for all. 

Please send your general or more detailed reactions on this. 

Looking forward to your contributions. 

Wim Taelman 



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Wim Taelman (coordinator) 
VORMEN vzw (Flemish Organisation for Human Rights Education) 
Lange Gasthuisstraat 29 
B-2000 Antwerpen (Belgium) 
tel. + 32 3 293 82 15; fax + 32 22 611 75 18 
www.vormen.org 






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