WHO NEEDS TO KNOW

Human rights are for everybody. That’s what universal means in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It’s an opportunity for those with power to learn to protect the weaker and more vulnerable people in society and an opportunity for those with less power to empower themselves with knowledge of their human rights and to share that knowledge with others.

Specific groups in a UK context for whom human rights education is particularly valuable could be

• Vulnerable young women and girls who could be at risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking
• Young people vulnerable to gang activity and gun and knife crime
• Young people at risk of being drawn into radical and destructive ideologies
• Bullying is a problem in many schools and social settings; successful human rights education can socialise the bully and empower the victim
• Young girls from a cultural background where early and forced marriage, so-called ‘honour killing’ and female genital mutilation (FGM) are prevalent
• Anyone experiencing any kind of domestic abuse or bullying at home or at work.