[hr-education] Re: HRE and the UN Special Procedures on Human Rights

Dear Kazunari, 

Thank you for the update on the HRC's review of the special procedures and
the need to make an input on the HRE aspect of the planned updated Manual
on UN Special Procedures.

I would suggest not to go very far and stick to the existing materials of
the UN to make a proposal on the HRE aspects. Many of these global
declarations coming out of the global conferences during the last two
decades have not yet been fully implemented. The HRE component is likely
part of the unimplemented part.  Then the UN Decade Program of Action plus
now the World Program for Human Rights Education first phase plan -
complemented by the UNESCO documents - should be major bases for the
suggestions (basically reiterations).

In other words, the main thing is the implementation of these existing
agreements, plans, declarations and programmes. That should be the HRE
task for the mandate holders and the objective of the special procedures
themselves.

One important aspect to add is the need for the special procedures to
stress the need to link these different agreements, plans, declarations
and programmes at the national level implementation to maximize resources
and to avoid truncated HRE or programs that are separated from other
related programs because they are implemented by different government
agencies or divisions within the agencies. Linking them enriches HRE.

Regards, 

Jeff Plantilla 
HURIGHTS OSAKA 






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