Fortifying the future of human rights with human rights education

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ID12719962
AuthorsSarita Cargas (0000-0001-9260-0369, University of New Mexico, Honors College, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume18
Issue3
Pages293-307
Publication date2019-05-27
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14754835.2019.1617117
OpenAlexW2960941267
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

Those scholars debating the health of the human rights movement completely ignore the role of human rights education, HRE. Whether it is Samuel Moyn and Stephen Hopgood declaring the demise of what they also term the “human rights project”, or Kathryn Sikkink defending it, none explore the effect HRE is having or can have. This article argues that those who neglect to recognize the substantial and substantive conversation going on in our institutions of higher education cannot provide a complete picture of the human rights project. It will demonstrate which of the naysayers Moyn and Hopgood's arguments are weakened by ignoring HRE and argue that Sikkink's recommendations for human rights efforts can be strengthened by HRE. Also explored is what HRE should learn from the critiques of these three scholars and how university HRE can be improved

Conversation · Demise · Human rights · Human Rights Education · Human rights movement · International human rights law · Neglect · Political science · Right to property · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law

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