Developed by the Council of Europe, Compasito is designed for educators working with children aged 7-13. It familiarises the reader with the key concepts of human rights and children’s rights and provides background on 13 key human rights issues such as democracy, citizenship, gender equality, environment, media, poverty and violence.

The 42 practical activities are designed to engage and motivate children to recognise human rights issues in their own environment. They help children to develop critical thinking, responsibility and a sense of justice, and help them learn how to contribute to the improvement of their school or community.

The book is arranged in the following chapters:

Introducing Human Rights: familiarizes the reader with what we mean by human rights and children’s rights and describes the main international human rights mechanisms.

What Is Human Rights Education: explains the aims and outcomes of human rights education.

How To Use Compasito provides information and practical tips on how Compasito can be used in various formal and non-formal educational settings and how to get the best out of its educational approaches. The tips for facilitators provides ideas on how to start human rights activities with children and how to follow them up including concrete actions.

Activities: collects 42 practical activities for different age groups and at different levels of complexity related to the selected themes of human rights. Children do not need to have any special skills to be involved in most Compasito activities. Users of the manual are encouraged to use the activities in a creative way either in a sequence or individually.

Themes: provides essential background information on the thirteen selected themes. Questions included in these texts are intended to help readers to reflect on their own knowledge and attitudes and to be able to put the themes in a personal or local context.