Youth Challenge - Teaching Human Rights & Responsibilities

Human rights education program developed by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to educate students about human rights and responsibilities.

Teachers will be able to use the material to educate students about human rights and responsibilities through role-plays, guided activities, surveys, personal stories and prompted questions for discussion.

Using the website, students will address real-life issues such as sex, race and disability discrimination, sexual harassment and the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.

They will learn about the history and principles of human rights, but also practical lessons such as how to deal with discrimination and harassment in casual work, work experience or when they leave school.

And they will learn how to balance rights and responsibilities in complex situations and how to negotiate an outcome that is best for all parties and respects everyone's rights.

The program is based on two major case studies.

Young People and the Workplace is a case study that examines issues of sex discrimination, race discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. It helps students to look at how human rights and responsibilities are relevant to the workplace and their daily lives.

But what about Doug's rights? tells the story of disability discrimination in a high school.

Follow this link to Youth Challenge - Teaching Human Rights & Responsibilities (opens in a new browser window)

The HREOC website also contains information for students on human rights, including human rights in Australia and overseas, and human rights resources.

Follow this link to HREOC Information for Students website (opens in a new browser window)

For further information

Contact	:	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Address	:	GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 1042
Phone	:	1300 369 711-Aust
Mobile	:	TTY: 1800 620 241
Fax	:	02 9284 9611
Email	:	paffairs@humanrights.gov.au

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http://www.humanrights.gov.au/