Bullying is wrong and hurtful:  Bullying is a form of abuse at the hands of peers that can take different forms at different ages. It is targeted and repeated. It involves power, aggression, intimidation and shame.  PrevNet:  Canada' authority on research and resources for bullying prevention.   View the full site here

53 Videos on Bullying:  The end of bullying begins with you!  From Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center

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PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center provides creative and interactive resources that are designed to benefit all students, including students with disabilities.

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Cyberbullying:  Videos, fact sheets, tools, programs, and links to help educate and support victims of cyberbulling. 

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Cyberbulling Parent Resources:  Parents learn about the social media networks and applications (apps) your children are using everyday. Get great tips on the latest trends, everything you need to know. Access the documentary here

Florida Dept of Education Task Force on Holocaust Education:  The mission of the Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education is to assist school district professionals and support staff in preparation for teaching the history of the Holocaust.

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Task Force on Holocaust Education

Mission

The mission of the Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education is to assist school district professionals and support staff in preparation for teaching the history of the Holocaust which will lead to:

• An investigation of human behavior
• An understanding of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping
• An examination of what it means to be a responsible and respectful person for the purposes of encouraging tolerance of diversity in a pluralistic society and for nurturing and protecting democratic values and institutions by offering intensive training programs, curriculum materials, resources, and sustained support.

Task Force Developed Resource Manuals

All manuals are distributed on CD-ROM and are available online as part of the Content Area Resources or by clicking on the links below.

1. State of Florida Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades K - 3 (PDF)
   • The State of Florida Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades K-3, has been developed, produced in hard copy as well as on CD-ROM, and distributed to 4,000 public, private, and parochial schools in Florida. The manual focuses on character education, laying the foundation for the study of the Holocaust in higher grades.
2. State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades 4-6 (PDF)
   • The resource manual for Grades 4 - 6 is complete and has been distributed.
3. State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades 7-8 (PDF)
   • The resource manual for grades 7 - 8 is complete and has been distributed.
4. State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades 9 - 12 (PDF)
   • The State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education, Grades 9-12 has been distributed to every public, private, and parochial high school in Florida. The 940-page manual has been reproduced on CD-ROM and was distributed to the high schools during the 2000 - 2001 school year.

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Certificate of Advanced Studies in Human Rights Education at University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland (Luzern, January-December 2013)

Human rights are the fundament of a peaceful coexistence of a society. But only when women and men know about their human rights, they can claim them for themselves and - in solidarity - for others ("empowerment"). Human rights education is taking place in different contexts (formal, non-formal,...). To close the global gap in further training opportunities in human rights education, in the context of and linked with the new UN Declaration of Human Rights Education and Training adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2011 and because of the high interest in the "Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS in Human Rights Education", the University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland (PHZ) is running again in 2013 an international advanced qualification, the "Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS in Human Rights Education" starting in January 2013. The CAS Human Rights Education aims to qualify the participants for a role as trainer and multiplier of human rights education for their specific context. 

The participants will achieve an internationally recognized Certificate of Advanced Studies PHZ in Human Rights Education. 

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Faisal Al Fuhaid, an inspirational and tenacious young Kuwaiti , decided to create the youth-driven organization EQUAIT in order to fight against discrimination and promote human rights awareness in his home country. Watch this latest Voice for Success video and find out more about EQUAIT's efforts to give back to society by shaping and moulding Kuwaiti youth into responsible and tolerant citizens.


Voice for Success is a program initiated by en.v in collaboration with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to promote Kuwaiti civil society by giving greater visibility to local social activists.

Third part of the series "Human Rights in Focus".
It is about Collective Rights, the justiciability of Human Rights as well as about how the Human Rights System evolves and what opportunities for improvement do exist.

The series consists of an overview clip and one clip about each of the three dimensions of Human Rights.
The first dimension involves the political and civil rights, the second dimension the economic, social and cultural rights and the third dimension the collective rights.

By Jan Künzl and Jörn Barkemeyer

This is the second part of the series "Focus Human Rights". It deals with the second dimension of the Human Rights System: The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Additionally, it explains women's rights and shows how NGOs in the Human Rights sector work.

The series consists of an overview clip and a specific clip about each of the three dimensions of Human Rights.

Check out the other "Focus Human Rights" clips for further information about the topic.

By Jan Künzl and Jörn Barkemeyer

First part of the series "Focus Human Rights". It deals with Civil and Political Rights, with Human Rights violations and the history of Human Rights.

This film marks the start of the project "Focus Human Rights". The series will consist of an overview clip and of one clip about each of the three dimensions of Human Rights.

The first dimension involves the Political and Civil Rights, the second dimension deals with the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the third dimension consists of the Collective Rights.

In addition, a number of cross-cutting issues are explained. For example: the history of Human Rights, the role of non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, or the problems of the Human Rights system.

Together, the overview clip and the three specific clips provide a profound knowledge about the topic Human Rights.

By Jan Künzl und Jörn Barkemeyer

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." This is what it says in the very first Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The idea of Human Rights is one of the most important fundaments of human co-existence. At the same time human rights are subject to fierce debates and Human Rights violations are common all over the world.
But what exactly are Human Rights? Who is responsible for protecting them? And do they really apply to all people?

This is the first part of the series "Focus Human Rights". It consists of this overview clip an three more specific clips for each of the three dimensions of Human Rights

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has many resources for teachers striving to help students learn the history of the Holocaust and reflect upon the moral and ethical questions raised by that history.

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'What are human rights and where do they come from?', asks Professor Conor Gearty in the latest Burning Issue lecture from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gearty, a professor of human rights law and a practising barrister, looks at the history of human rights and ideas that have informed their development such as democracy and dignity. He challenges the notion that human rights are a western idea, a mere 'cultural accessory', or that they can be used to justify 'necessary evil' -- as an excuse to go to war or to torture as part of interrogation for example.

The lecture explores the reality of what it is like to be deprived of one's human rights through interviews with a victim of torture and a psychologist.

Professor Gearty argues: "We risk our culture if we collude in the idea that our way of life is so valuable that we can afford to depart from it in order to secure it."

The lecture is the third and final of LSE's 'Burning Issues' lectures -- a short series of interactive talks, designed to showcase the social sciences to a non-academic audience.

In the first lecture, 'Parasites -- enemy of the poor', Professor Tim Allen questions the effectiveness of our fight against one of humankind's most endemic invisible enemies. In the second lecture, the 'Right to Die', Professor Emily Jackson tackles the provocative issue of assisted dying.

The Burning Issue Lectures are supported by the LSE Annual Fund and Cato Stonex (BSc International Relations 1986)

In the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, law students from all over Africa
argue a hypothetical human rights case as if they are doing so in the African Court on
Human and Peoples' Rights.

In its first 20 years, 131 universities from 49 African countries have participated.

Participants also attend a seminar or course on international human rights law and go on a one-day excursion to visit a place of national interest in the host country. The Competition lasts six days and is held in a different country each year.

Judges in the preliminary rounds are lecturers from the participating universities. The best
teams advance to the final round where they merge to form two new combined teams
with English, French and Portuguese-speaking students on each side. The judges in the final round are international human rights lawyers of the highest standing and simultaneous
translation is provided.

The Moot is the largest annual gathering of students and lecturers of law on the continent,
and one of the premier events on the African human rights calendar.

There is arguably no educational event at the university level in Africa which has done
more to make the African human rights system better known -- and which has a wider
reach and a broader scope -- than the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

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Coca-Cola addresses their Human & Workplace Rights policies:  "We expect our Company, our bottling partners and our suppliers to avoid causing, or contributing to, adverse human rights impacts as a result of business actions and to address such impacts when they occur."

 Furthermore, our Company, bottling partners and suppliers are also responsible for preventing or mitigating adverse human rights impacts directly linked to their operations, products or services by their business relationships.

Since 2005, we have worked to support the mandate of Professor John Ruggie, the former UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, in developing guiding principles for implementing his “Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework for respecting human rights in a business context. In May 2011, we formally endorsed the draft Guiding Principles, which the UN Human Rights Council adopted in June -- providing for the first time a global standard for addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business activity. These Guiding Principles are now a key touchstone for our policies and programs related to workplace and human rights.

According to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, implementing respect for human rights in a corporate context has three primary components:

1. A policy commitment to meet the responsibility to respect human rights;
2. A due diligence process to identify, prevent, mitigate and be accountable for human rights abuses; and
3. Processes to enable the remediation of any adverse human rights impacts the company causes or to which it contributes.

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