A/HRC/RES/24/15
1.
Takes note of the report of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on the consultation on the focus of the third phase of the
World Programme for Human Rights Education; 1
2.
Encourages States and, where appropriate, relevant stakeholders to, during
the third phase of the World Programme, strengthen efforts to advance the implementation
of the first and second phases, with a special emphasis on:
(a)
Advancing implementation and consolidating the work done;
(b)
Providing human rights education and training for educators in formal and
non-formal education and training, in particular those working with children and youth;
(c)
Undertaking related research and mapping, sharing good practices and
lessons learned, and sharing information among all actors;
(d)
Applying and strengthening sound educational methodologies based on good
practices and assessed through continued evaluation;
(e)
Fostering dialogue, cooperation, networking and information-sharing among
relevant stakeholders;
(f)
Furthering the integration of human rights education and training into school
and training curricula;
3.
Decides to make media professionals and journalists the focus group of the
third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, with a special emphasis
on education and training in equality and non-discrimination, with a view to combating
stereotypes and violence, fostering respect for diversity, promoting tolerance, intercultural
and interreligious dialogue and social inclusion, and raising awareness of the universality,
indivisibility and interrelatedness of all human rights among the general public;
4.
Calls upon States and, where applicable, relevant governmental authorities
and other stakeholders to increase their efforts to implement, disseminate and promote
universal respect for and understanding of the United Nations Declaration on Human
Rights Education and Training;
5.
Encourages States to develop, as appropriate, comprehensive and sustainable
national plans of action for human rights education and training, with dedicated resources;
6.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare, from within
existing resources, a plan of action for the third phase of the World Programme (20152019) in consultation with States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, in particular
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, national human rights
institutions and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and to submit the
plan of action for consideration by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session;
7.
Recommends that the Secretary-General ensure that an adequate component
of United Nations assistance, to be provided at the request of Member States to develop
their national systems of promotion and protection of human rights, is available to support
human rights education and training;
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