The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has today (23 November 2009) launched an innovative network which aims to promote good practice in the field of human rights education. A wide range of educational agencies across Northern Ireland have signed up to participate in the Human Rights Education and Training Network.
Chief Commissioner Professor Monica McWilliams stated:
“The Human Rights Commission is delighted to launch this exciting new education and training network. We have had an encouraging level of interest from agencies wanting to join and we hope that through bringing together this expertise, we can improve human rights education in Northern Ireland.”
Also at the event, Amnesty International in association with the Human Rights Commission launched a new Key Stage 4 teaching resource ‘Making Human Rights Real’. This resource is designed to help teachers to deliver the Local and Global Citizenship element of the Northern Ireland curriculum to Key Stage 4 pupils, covering topics such as human rights, social responsibility and diversity.
Further information
For further information please contact Claire Martin, Press and Public Affairs Worker: (028) 9024 3987 (office).
Notes to editors
1. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory body first proposed in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement (1998) and established in 1999 by the Northern Ireland Act (1998. The Commission's role is to promote awareness of the importance of human rights in Northern Ireland. Education and promotion is one of the Commission’s four main functions – which also include litigation, investigations and advising government.
2. The launch of both the Human Rights Education and Training Network and the ‘Making Human Rights Real’-Teaching Citizenship through Human Rights’ resource took place on 23 November at NIHRC offices, Temple Court, 39 North Street, Belfast BT1 1NA.
3. ‘Making Human Rights Real’-Teaching Citizenship through Human Rights’ was written by Lesley McEvoy, Queens University Belfast. It was commissioned and edited by Amnesty International UK and co-funded by Amnesty and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. For further information on this resource please contact info@nihrc.org
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