(1979). U.N. Withholds Action on a Report of Human Rights Violations in the United States. American Indian Journal, v5 n12 p8-10 Dec. A panel of seven international jurists and lawyers has found a pattern of human and legal rights violations against Native Americans and other minorities in the United States. Their three-week investigation focused on political prisoners and discovered abuses of both the activists and the criminal process. (Author/DS)…
(1992). Values in Action: A Middle School Ethics Course. This course guide provides a framework for teaching an ethics course, developed for eighth-graders, that explores the development of values, the decision-making process, and the role of community. Class objectives, procedures, and assignments for 48 class periods are divided into 10 units. Student handouts along with unit assignment lists, homework worksheets, and suggestions for supplementary materials and outside resources are included. Divided into two parts, part 1, \Sources of Values,\ contains the units: (1) \Introduction: Developing a Working Relationship\; (2) \Personal Values\; (3) \Family Values\; (4) \School Values\; and (5) \Cultural Values: Religious and Political Codes.\ Part 2, \Integrity: Values in Action,\ includes the units: (1) \Introduction and Notes on the Final Project\; (2) \Compassion: 'The Elephant Man'\; (3) \Human Dignity: Mohandas Gandhi\; (4) \Courage: 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'\; (5) \Respect and Human Rights: 'Black Like Me'\; and (6)… [PDF]
(1967). Washingtion Colloquium on Science and Society, First Series (Held at the American University, Washingtion, D.C. 1964-1965). Reprinted is the second Washington Colloquium on Science and Society. This report contains each monthly paper and ensuing discussion. The theme of the colloquium was science and policy in national and international affairs. Some of the implications of science and technology discussed included weaponry, cybernetics and human rights, and the effect of technology on the free world's access to and acquisition of raw materials. Political topics included the influence of modern science in shifting the balance of political power and the question of scientists acting as science advisors to governments. Moral problems posed by modern science discussed included experimentation with human subjects, maintenance of life, and organ transplants. Discussed also is science as a cult of mythology. Each of the major topics was presented by a specialist in the selected field, whose position was then rebutted or expanded by two others prior to open discussion. (GR)…
(2005). Bringing Knowledge to Truth: The Joke and Australian (In)Humanities. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, v34 p132-142. In the formulation of new humanities–knowledge, truth and social action brought together in the defence of what makes us human in this place and time–there is also the need to identify the obstacles to honouring our humanity. This paper continues the task of critically examining contemporary forms of inhumanity, in this instance as perpetuated by a liberal Australian government against its citizens and others. Liberalism, by nature, enables the co-existence of contradictory practices that both protect and deny human rights and dignities. In psychoanalytic terms, the defence of liberties and its repressed other, the denial of them, are both present in such states. Because of their links with both the conscious and the unconscious, an analysis of jokes provides insights into these contradictory processes. The paper explores how both the humanities and the inhumanities are manifest variously in the joking behaviours of social groups…. [Direct]
(1975). Fair Housing: A Better Answer than Busing. A Plan for Louisville and Jefferson County. In this paper, the Kentucky Commisssion on Human Rights outlines ways in which housing-related institutions and agencies can revise their policies and procedures to reverse the trend towards housing segregation. Recommendations are made to the city and county with regard to how Section 8 housing assistance programs can be used to promote desegregation. The need for and possible implementation of a measuring standard to use in the location of new housing is described. The necessity for Federal leadership and the responsibility of lending institutions is explained. Kentucky Housing Corporation policy is criticized and an appeal is made to business, industry, citizen, and real estate groups to adopt policies which will further and facilitate housing desegregation. It is implied that if local real estate groups do not cooperate voluntarily, the Commission may find it necessary to take court action towards the housing desegregation problem. (WI)…
(2009). A Research on University Students' Opinions about the European Union. Online Submission, Paper presented at the International Congress of European Turks in the Context of Education and Integration (ICET) (2nd, Antwerp, Belgium, May 14-16, 2009). This paper's aim is to analyze university students' opinions about Europe, Europeanship, and Europe Union nowadays when entering European Unions arguments are on. Data's are collected by "interview" method by senior class students in different parts of this qualitative research. In 2008-2009 academic years, 50 students' opinions on European Citizenship, European Union Accordance Process, nationality role and aptitudes about Union (like, dislike) from different students at Education, Political Science, Theology, Law and Communication Faculties of Ankara University are taken. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis approach, content analysis approach and expressive analysis approach. Study's findings are considered valuable as in order to indicate University students' opinions about Process of Entering European Union and Unity. After having expert opinion, questionnaire questions are below that is half built: (1) What is your opinion on being an exact member of European… [PDF]
(1972). Draft Declaration of Guiding Principles on the Use of Satellite Broadcasting for the Free Flow of Information, The Spread of Education and Greater Cultural Exchange. Recognizing that communications satellites are capable of broadcasting programs for individual or community reception, and that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that everyone has the right to receive and impart information through any media regardless of frontiers, the following guiding principles are proclaimed: (1) Satellite broadcasting shall be guided by international law; (2) satellite broadcasting shall respect the sovereignty of all States; (3) the benefits of satellite broadcasting should be available to all countries without discrimination; (4) satellite broadcast international news programs should identify the body which assumes responsibility for the programs; (5) each country has the right to decide on the content of educational programs broadcast by satellite to its people; (6) cultural programs broadcast by satellite should respect the right of all peoples to preserve their culture; (7) commercial advertising should be subject to specific agreement… [PDF]
(1989). The Future United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. DCI/UNICEF Briefing Kit, Third Edition. This publication contains documents 1 through 4 of a briefing kit on the United Nations' anticipated Convention on the Rights of the Child. Document 1 discusses the human rights of children. Document 2 describes the anticipated convention and the process through which it was organized. Document 3 discusses the convention in terms of how it is expected to improve children's rights. Document 4 describes the implementation mechanism of the convention. Appended materials include a list of nongovernmental organizations that participated in an ad hoc group on the drafting of the convention, a descriptive flyer on the rights of the child, and the official text of the draft convention as of March, 1989. The convention is expected to set universally agreed standards for the protection of children and to provide an invaluable framework for advocacy on behalf of children and families and for the development of programs and policies that will ensure a healthier and safer future for children in…
(2000). School Communities: National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education. This document focuses on ways that Australian Aboriginal parents and communities can get involved in schools. It reflects the recommendation given to the Australian Parliament by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) concerning the rights of Indigenous communities to self-determination within the education system. Chapters are devoted to seven different ways of getting involved in local schools, with examples drawn from actual experiences in different parts of Australia. The types of involvement described are parent committees, interagency committees, culturally appropriate schools, independent community schools, curriculum development, and teaching as an assistant teacher or aide. The last chapter describes how the best of these strategies have been combined in a culturally appropriate bilingual school with many Indigenous teachers and strong links with the local Indigenous community. Each chapter typically describes the main example in some detail, presents… [PDF]
(1985). U.S. Participation in International, Scientific, Educational, Cultural, and Communications Fields in the Absence of U.S. Membership in UNESCO. Report prepared for the Subcommittees on Human Rights and International Organizations and on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session. This report contains the results of an evaluation of the impact of U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO on various international educational, scientific, and cultural activities. The study was undertaken to assist Congressional subcommittees in considering the Reagan administration's fiscal year 1986-87 requests for contributions to the United Nations' agencies and programs following U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO. The report discusses concerns in the following areas: Education; Communications and Culture; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences, Human Rights, and Women's Issues; The General Information Program; Statistical Services; and Copyright. Background information on major issues and concerns is provided. One concern common to all areas is the future role of the Soviet Union in the UNESCO program. It is feared that the Soviet Union, upon U.S. withdrawal, would use its increased influence to redirect toward statist themes the UNESCO programs that are currently highly regarded in the United… [PDF]
(1976). Moral Judgement and Prosocial Behavior: An Interactional Approach. The study focuses on the interaction between moral development and situational factors as it affects prosocial behavior. Three experimental conditions varied the permissibility of interrupting a task to help an \ailing\ confederate. A situation by moral judgment interaction was predicted. Stage three and four subjects, defining right action in accordance with conventional expectations or obligations would not help in any of the three conditions. Stage five subjects, defining right action in terms of human rights and contractual obligations would help in the Permission condition. The results support these predictions. It is only within the extended boundaries of Permission condition that Stage five subjects were able to resolve the conflict between their responsibility to the welfare of the \victim\ and their contractual agreement with the experimenter. The implication of the study is that neither knowledge of situational variables by itself nor knowledge of moral judgment alone are… [PDF]
(1999). Migrant Education. Adult Learning and Groups with Special Needs. A Series of 29 Booklets Documenting Workshops Held at the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (Hamburg, Germany, July 14-18, 1997). This booklet provides an overview of the growing demands for adult education as well as other social services in helping migrant workers move out of poverty and succeed in cultures other than their own. Issues raised included questions about migrants' access to education and about building solidarity networks for ensuring basic human rights. A comparative view of migrant education practices in Asia and Europe and general issues relating to the problem of refugee education were also considered. The booklet concludes that it is possible to support the right of migrants and refugees to education by providing comprehensive education and training opportunities that promote their political, economic, and social participation and enhance their competence and their cultural base. Initiatives for these efforts already exist. Recommendations are made to develop and implement programs to help host populations to understand the rights and conditions of migrants and refugees and to enroll… [PDF]
(2001). Early Marriage: Child Spouses. Innocenti Digest No. 7. This digest focuses on early marriage–the marriage of children and young people under the age of 18–from a human rights perspective. Research into early marriage has tended to concentrate on specific aspects of its impact, such as the effects on reproductive health and school drop-out. There has been little examination of the practice as a child rights violation in itself. The digest examines the extent of early marriage, its context, its causes, and its impact on every aspect of the lives of those affected–particularly young girls–and on the wider society. It outlines strategies to help those who have been married at an early age, and for the prevention of early marriage through education, advocacy, and alliance building. The digest concludes with a call for more rights-based research on an issue that has far-reaching consequences. Contains data boxes alongside the text and extensive information sources. (BT)…
(1999). Education: A Right or a Privilege? Student Journalists Report on the Right to Education Worldwide. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998, students in more than 400 schools of journalism around the world were invited to write articles or take photographs that illustrate the right to education. This magazine features the 18 winning articles and photographs that provide a vivid picture of the wide gap between the right to education and the reality. The articles report on the educational needs and aspirations of slum dwellers in Uganda, on the deplorable conditions of state schools in the post-perestroika Russian Federation, on the battle against illiteracy in India, on the consequences of cost-sharing policies in Kenya, and on the harsh realities of street children in Mexico. Each article contains a table of information about the individual country, including geographical placement, population, life expectancy, population growth rate, Gross National Product (GNP) per capita, illiteracy rate, public expenditure on education, and… [PDF]
(2024). Each Young in His Place so the Country Does Not Continue Wasting Its Invaluable Human Capital: Confluences of Educational Languages in a Reformist Experience (Chile, c.1964-c.1970). Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, v60 n6 p1088-1104. Against the backdrop of the Educational Reform in Chile since 1965, this article sheds light on the convergence of educational language based upon the economic notion of developmentalism, the idea of human capital and the expansion of school guidance (orientaci√≥n) in Chilean education. Through analysing right-wing press and discourses from teachers and counsellors who were supporters of the significant changes that secondary education was going through led by Christian democrats, we briefly reveal the confluence and the opposition of concepts and the strategic differences among relevant actors in the reformist process…. [Direct]