Journal of the Charles University Law Faculty
Petra Kalenská
Author’s affiliation:
Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague
Human Rights Education at Basic Schools: the Czech Republic Is just at the Beginning
Jurisprudence 5/2017 Section: Discussion Page: 40-45
Keywords: human rights education, obligation to human rights education, the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training
Abstract: Human rights education (HRE) established in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training encompasses three levels of education. These levels are education about human rights, education through human rights, and education for human rights. HRE found in most of the human rights conventions has become an obligation for the States that ratified these conventions. The Czech Republic established HRE in the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education. Schools formulate their school educational programmes on the basis provided by the Framework Educational Programme. However, the research on three school educational programmes showed that the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education is not a sufficient safeguard for providing all three levels of HRE. It is necessary to do a research on HRE at basic schools and to amend the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education based on its results to fulfil an obligation to provide HRE.
