COMPASS Manual for human rights education with young people 2nd edition, updated in 2020 Written by Patricia Brander Laure De Witte Nazila Ghanea Rui Gomes Ellie Keen Anastasia Nikitina Justina Pinkeviciute Edited by Patricia Brander Ellie Keen Vera Juhász Annette Schneider Final editing and coordination by Rui Gomes Drawings by Pancho Specific contributions on content by Janina Arsenjeva, Éva Borbély-Nagy, Karina Chupina, Hanna Clayton, Annette Schneider, Györgyi Tóth The first edition of Compass (2002) was written by: Patricia Brander; Ellie Keen; Rui Gomes; Marie-Laure Lemineur ; Bárbara Oliveira Jana Ondrácková; Alessio Surian; Olena Suslova Compass has several companion publications for education for democratic citizenship and human rights education developed by the Education and Youth sectors of the Directorate of Democratic Participation of the Council of Europe. Please visit www.coe.int/compass for more information. 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Permission to reproduce these should be requested directly from the artist, unless it is for direct use with activities in this manual. Design: Studio1 Drawings: © “Pancho” Photos: Cover: Council of Europe / Abdullah Mosaad page 67: Council of Europe page 170 © MTI (Nelson Mandela) page 170 © David King Collection (Evgenia Ginzburg) page 171 © MTI (Martin Luther King) page 171 © MTI (Mahatma Gandhi) page 172 © Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas (Berlin), Photo: Marko Priske page 172 © Tibet Information Network (Ngawang Sandrol) Drawings on pages 162,163 and 180, by Jimmy Kazoya © Council of Europe, October 2012 First edition 2002 Second edition (fully revised and updated) 2012 Reprinted (with revisions) 2015 This updated version 2020 Council of Europe Publishing F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex ISBN 978-92-871-8693-5 Printed in Hungary Council of Europe The Secretary General It is not enough for children and young people simply to hold human rights. In order to embed a human rights culture and ensure that our young people understand how to access those rights – and to uphold, defend and promote them – they need an education fit for that purpose. Compass was first published in 2002. Since then it has supported scores of professionals and civil society actors in bringing human rights education into the lives of countless young people in Europe and throughout the world. Translated into 31 languages, it has played an essential role in shaping rights-based approaches to youth policy and youth work. This creates a human rights awareness that empowers learners, stays with them through life, and can be passed on to future generations. It is not just about learning, but about enhancing democratic citizenship in the longer-term. It is vitally important that young people get the chance to see life through this lens. In a fast-changing world, there is a great deal of apprehension and fear, stoked both by long-term trends and by current events. These challenges can seem overwhelming. Seeing them from a human rights perspective can provide reassurance and confidence that our societies can apply ethical principles to highly complex problems: that people can and should be supported and protected even in the most testing of times. That knowledge is an important gift. I trust that Compass will continue to guide human rights education practitioners in their important work. Marija Pejčinović Burić Acknowledgements Words of thanks, recognition and appreciation are owed to: • The members of the Reference Group for the revision of Compass, for their commitment, ideas and support • The members of the Consultative Group on Human Rights Education (2009-2010) - Aleksander Bogdanovic, Anna Dobrovolskaya, Thierry Dufour, Caroline Ger- bara, Georg Pirker, Annette Schneider, Kostas Triantafyllos and Sara Ufhielm - for their commitment and care • Trainers and participants in the Advanced Compass Training in Human Rights Education (ACT-HRE) and in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Training Course for Trainers for Human Rights Education with Young People, for whom this was a learning assignment • The participants in the forum on human rights education “Living, Learning, Act- ing for Human Rights”, especially those in the group about the Compass revision • Marios Antoniou, Kazunari Fujii, Christa Meyer, Ana Rozanova, Zsuzsanna Rutai, Agata Stajer, Sara Ufhielm and Wiltrud Weidinger, for their contributions, ideas and time • Julien Attuil, Régis Brillat, David Cupina, Sandrine Jousse, Brigitte Napiwocka, Yulia Pererva, Miguel Silva, Dennis Van Der Veur, Agnes Von Maravic, for kindly submitting and revising texts about the work of the Council of Europe • The “Compass” educational advisors of the European Youth Centres in Buda- pest and Strasbourg, Iris Bawidamann, Goran Buldioski, Florian Cescon, Menno Ettema, Gisèle Evrard, László Földi, Mara Georgescu, Dariusz Grzemny, Sabine Klocker, Zara Lavchyan, Nadine Lyamouri-Bajja, Marta Medlinska,Yael Ohana, Anca Ruxandra Pandea, Annette Schneider and Inge Stuer, for their critical feed- back, patience, support and creativity • Antje Rothemund for the support and the commitments to quality and to mak- ing Compass available in the mother tongue of human rights learners • The members of the Trainers’ Pool of the youth sector of the Council of Europe for their uncompromising honesty in feed-back from their practice of human rights education using Compass • Translators and editors involved in translating Compass for sharing their experi- ences • All those who have, often involuntarily, contributed to the shaping of the con- tents • Rachel Appleby for her support in proof-reading the English texts – there is always room for improvement! • Zsuzsanna Molnar for her regular and continued secretarial support, as well as colleagues Erzsébet Banki, Nina Kapoor, Jackie Lubelli, Vincenza Quattrone and Gabriella Tisza for their helping hands and hearts. We have made all possible efforts to trace references of texts and activities to their authors and give them the necessary credit. We apologise for any omissions and will be pleased to correct them in the next edition. Table of contents Introduction to the 2012 edition (with 2015 reprint revisions) ..............................................10 Chapter 1 – Human Rights Education and Compass: an introduction 1.1. Introducing human rights education .........................................................................................16 1.2. Approaches to human rights education in Compass ...........................................................29 1.3. Using Compass for human rights education .......................................................................... 45 Chapter 2 – Practical Activities and Methods for Human Rights Education Summary of activities ..............................................................................................................................72 Synoptic table of activities by themes, overview and related rights .......................................73 58 experiential activities and methods for human rights education ..............................78 Human Rights Calendar ......................................................................................................................340 Starters...................................................................................................................................................... 347 Activities for Reviewing ....................................................................................................................... 352 Chapter 3 – Taking Action for Human Rights About this chapter ................................................................................................................................ 359 3.1. HRE and activism ...........................................................................................................................360 3.2. Simple actions for human rights ..............................................................................................364 3.3. Devising a plan of action .............................................................................................................372 Chapter 4 – Understanding Human Rights Introduction ............................................................................................................................................383 4.1. What are human rights? .............................................................................................................384 4.2. The evolution of human rights ................................................................................................. 397 4.3. Legal