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Human Rights Education

Human Rights Education is a right in and of itself, and a precondition for the advancement and protection of human rights. NCHR’s work aims at enabling state actors, academia and civil society to promote human rights in line with the UN human rights conventions, through support to human rights education.

What we do

  • We work on human rights education in several countries, with a particular focus on countries where academic freedom is under pressure and where access to research and human rights education is limited at the university level. 

  • We support academics, students and researchers to access knowledge and resources on human rights  

  • We organise trainings on the UN mechanisms in Geneva, targeting important, academic voices in the human rights field 

  • We develop and translate quality assured publications on human rights, and make them more universally available  

  • We contribute to international networking through academic exchanges with the NCHR 

  • We support teaching and research on gender and women’s rights in China 

  • We support teaching, research and publication on human rights and peace in our partner countries 

Projects

  • UN Human Rights Mechanisms
    • Working for universal access to information, helping to protect fundamental freedoms and bridge the existing implementation gap.
  • Guest research visits to NCHR

    • Each year, NCHR International department offers a fully funded stay for two to three guest researchers at NCHR.  The length of the stay is usually between 2-3 weeks long. 

  • ASEAN/Southeast Asia

    • Supporting human rights education programmes and activities of the ASEAN University Network. Strengthening human rights and peace research and education in ASEAN since 2015.

  • Human rights education in China

    • For over 25 years, the Programme has promoted international human rights law standards in China. NCHR’s cooperation projects have had a significant impact.

  • Equality and non-discrimination 

    • Enhancing the knowledge and practical capacity to meet different aspects of unequal and discriminatory treatment among our partners in Asia.

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