Human rights education (international) - German Education Server

Declarations of Human Rights

On December 10, 1948 the United Nations declared the Convention on Human Rights. This website by Deutsche Welle informs about the human rights conventions and requirements for complaints, it further links to related web resource such as the UN Guidelines for Complaint and pertinent NGOs.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was issued by the United Nations on December10, 1948. Its full text is accessible via this website.

Discover the genesis of the original version of the European Convention on Human Rights by reading the preparatory works article by article.Compare the 1950 version of the Convention with the current text. Finally, acquaint yourself with the Convention thanks to its simplified version designed for educational purposes

Human Rights Policy

The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, the agency is mandated to co-ordinate international action towards the protection of refugees. The website provides access to publications, bodies, research and teaching resources, statistics.

The Federal Foreign Office outlines its policy regarding human rights protection and the international context (UN conventions) here,with pertinent current news and links to further details, such as the official report on human rights policy (both in terms of foreign policy and implementation of international standards at home).Cornerstones are women,  childrren, people with  disabilities, LGBTQI.

The EU presents an overview of its activities in the field of human rights and democratisation on this site, which constitute its founding principles. Accordingly, users can navigate the area by subject (areas of action > Civil protection / Humanitarian aid > ...) or download documents.

The Institute is particularly concerned with information and documentation in the area of human rights education, developing training resources and advice for professionals (e.g. police), cooperating with other organisatons at an international level. It was founded upon a recommendatiom by the national parliament in 2001.

The Human Rights Directorate works to promote and develop human rights and to ensure that they are complied with in the Council of Europe’s member states. Its responsibilities include: developing human rights law and the Council’s policy in the field; supervising the application of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; and implementing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture [...]

The human rights forum is a network of more than 50 German non-governmental organisatios that aims at monitoring the government policy on human rights issues,and promoting awareness for human rights issues in the German public- it works by groups, networking, joint projects, etc.