Human Rights Education Now!

In Episode 39, Dr. Elana Haviv analyzes the relationship between HRE and social justice. She then critiques the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and ideas around refashioning the UDHR for contemporary populations. Next, Elana shares her thoughts on classroom lessons as a way to provide opportunities for activism and her views on Generation Human Rights as a politically neutral organization. She elaborates on challenges to academic freedom in schools and the importance of supporting teachers. Elana provides her insights on the hurdles of disinformation intensified by artificial intelligence along with the rise of authoritarianism and HRE’s response. Then, Elana discusses the importance of building stronger communities and networks through sharing information. Elana closes this episode by sharing inspiring role models for her human rights education work and a significant quote along with her recommendation for advancing HRE in the USA.

Topics discussed:

• Relationship between human rights education (HRE) and social justice
• Critiques of the UDHR
• Refashioning UDHR for contemporary populations
• Classroom lessons as activism
• Generation Human Rights as politically neutral
• Challenges to academic freedom
• Challenges of disinformation intensified via artificial intelligence
• Rise of authoritarianism
• Building stronger communities through sharing information
• Role models & important quote
• Idea for advancing HRE in the USA

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Introduction and Closing Music Credit: “Awakening-Spring” by Ketsa, from the Album Night Vision. Available at the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/night-vision/awakening-spring/

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