This Manual an innovative tool which is now in its second edition should contribute to Human Rights Education worldwide. It has first been elaborated in 2002200... » 

This Manual an innovative tool which is now in its second edition should contribute to Human Rights Education worldwide. It has first been elaborated in 20022003 on the initiative of the former Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Benita FerreroWaldner by the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy ETC based in Graz Austria in collaboration with HSN Partners and more than thirty institutions and experts. For the second edition of 2006 the whole text has been revised and updated. The Manual is intended as a concrete contribution to strengthening human security through human rights education and learning. Based on the universality of human rights it is sensitive to regional and cultural particularities. The Manual is addressed to human rights educators and learners worldwide and serves human rights trainers in formal as well as nonformal education. It contains a variety of pedagogical materials to be used in human rights education of either youth or adults. It is designed in an openended way to be completed by trainers and learners on the basis or their own experiences. The manual is available on the internet at httpwww.manual.etcgraz.at in several languages. The European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy ETC has been established in Graz in 2000 as a competence centre for human rights education and research with the support of the city of Graz the first Human Rights City in Europe.nbsp «