Young Global Citizens: Building Inclusive Societies Through Human Rights Education
Young Global Citizens: Building Inclusive Societies Through Human Rights Education

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, human rights education with, for and by youth has been increasingly identified as a strategy for preventing and tackling current global challenges. According to the United Nations, there are around 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in the world today: the largest youth population ever, although there is no consistent definition of young people. The great majority live in countries where violence and conflict are still a daily reality. Many are forced to leave their home country, embarking alone on dangerous routes and facing enormous challenges to start a new life in a completely different – and sometimes hostile – place. At the international level several frameworks that place young people at the centre have been adopted, such as the fourth phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2020–2024) which will focus on youth. Based on the direct experiences of young human rights activists and educators, this paper aims to demonstrate the critical role that human rights education can play in fostering young global citizens who can contribute to building inclusive societies, and pave the way to establishing an authentic culture of human rights.

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