Teaching for human rights: what works? Survey results

Some comments from teachers in response to our human rights education survey.

Creating opportunities for students to take action - comments from teachers

These quotes are a sample of what teachers said about creating opportunities for students to take action for human rights in response to the Human Rights Education survey.

Indigenous Rights chapter focuses on the Stolen Generation

The chapter on Indigenous rights in "Human Rights today" focuses on the Stolen Generation, including the history, and the debate about an apology and compensation.

• View the chapter summary
• Read Amnesty International's response to the apology

State of the World’s human rights

View the latest global report from Amnesty International.

Overview of Human Rights today

Human Rights today: Discussing the issues, Accepting the Challenge is a curriculum resource developed for use by teachers and students in years 9 and 10.

Developed by Curriculum Corporation for Amnesty International, Human Rights today is designed to be used in Humanities/Social Science, History, Geography, Health, Civics and Citizenship Education, Religious Education and Values Education.

Human Rights today focuses on child labour, the rights of Indigenous people in Australia, the rights of women and girls and human rights in conflict situations.

Authors: Robert Baker, Beth Gilligan, Kathleen Gordon, Brian Hoepper.

Read overviews of each chapter