The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights Education and Dissemination*
| DOI | 10.1177/092405190101900209 |
| Date | 01 June 2001 |
| Published date | 01 June 2001 |
| Subject Matter | Part C: Appendix |
Part C: Appendix
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights Education and
Dissemination·
At invitationof the Cairo Institutefor HumanRights Studies,in coordinationwith the Office
of the United Nations High Conunissionerfor Human Rights and the Euro-Mediterranean
HumanRights Network, with the participation of around one hundred human rights experts
and defendersfrom fortyhuman rights groups from 14 Arab States, as well as experts from
Africa, Asia, Latin Americaand Europe,the
Conference
on
Human
Rights
Education
and
Dissemination:
A 21st
Century
Agenda
was held in Cairo from 13-16 October2000.
TheConference,
Having considered the international human rights instruments, as well as documents,
declarations and reports adopted by relevant regional and international conferences,
especially the UNESCO's International Congress on the Teaching of Human Rights -
Vienna, 1978, [the] International Congress on Human Rights Teaching, Information and
Documentation - Malta, 1987,the International Congresson Education for Human Rights
and Democracy - Montreal, 1993, the
UNESCO
Regional Conference on Human Rights
Educationin Africa - Dakar, 1998,the
UNESCO
Regional Conference on Human Rights
Education in Asia and the Pacific - Pune, 1999, the UNESCO Regional Conference on
Human Rights Education in the Arab States - Rabat, 1999, and the First International
Conference of the Arab Human RightsMovement -Casablanca, 1999,
Havingreviewed the United Nations Plan of Action for the Decade for Human Rights
Education(1995-2004), and the progress achievedhalfway through the Decade,
Havingheldextensivedeliberations throughoutits sessions, taking into consideration the
close link between the lack of respect for human rights and the prevalence of poverty and
corruption as evidenced by the World Human Development Report and the Report on
Corruption in the World, and also noting the increasing concern at the adverse effects of
globalisationonthe economiclevel,the abuseof humanrights considerationsininternational
relations,and the grave injusticesthey causedagainstpeoples, especially in the ArabWorld,
Decides
to adopt the following
Cairo
Declaration
on
Human
Rights
Education
and
Dissemination.
Adoptedby The Conferenceon Human Rights Education and Dissemination: A 21" Century Agenda. The
Second International Conference
of
the Human Rights Movement in the Arab World 13-16 October 2000,
Cairo. The Cairo Institute for Human rights Studies (CffiRS) is an Arab regional research center
specialised in the field
of
human rights. Its main task is to analyse and explain difficulties faced by the
process
of
implementing the law
of
human rights in the Arab World. It strives to promote human rights
in Arab countries through the development
of
intellectually vigorous and novel approaches conducive to
surmounting problema
of
implementation. CffiRS works to contribute to the development
of
this
movementstrictly through education and scientific research. It is a purely intellectual endeavour. But since
it views itself as a part
of
Arab human rights movement, CIHRS will also draw on intellectual resources
in as many Arab countries as possible.
Netherlands Quarterly
of
Human Rights, Vol. 19/2, 209·213. 2001.
CNetherlands Institute
of
Human Rights (SIM). Printed in the Netherlands. 209
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