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V – Recommendations for the content of the Declaration on Human Rights Education and Learning

- It should adhere to a definition of HRE that embraces both human rights through education and human rights in education.
- It should point out that HRE is a conventional obligation incumbent on almost all States.
- It should serve as a reminder that HRE is an autonomous obligation and in no way subject to availability of resources.
- It should invite States to comply with the obligation, adhere to the concept as promoted by the Declaration and lend it great importance in their reports to the various committees as well as during the UPC.
- It should also invite States to make HRE a priority in their recommendations during the UPC.
- It should incite the High Commission for Human Rights to take HRE into account when preparing documents for the UPC.
- It should incite the various bodies concerned, and especially the committees, to pay greater attention to HRE both when preparing directives for States' periodic reports and when examining those reports.
- It should encourage NGOs to grant HRE greater prominence in their activities.
CIFEDHOP, Geneva, July 13, 2009

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