Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions - Updated Edition Chapter 9: Promoting public awareness KEY QUESTIONS • How can NHRIs engage in effective public education on torture prevention? • What activities can help build public awareness on torture prevention? • How can NHRIs incorporate gender considerations in public education on torture prevention? LEGAL BASIS FOR NHRI INVOLVEMENT Paris Principles Methods of operation 3. A national institution shall, inter alia, have the following responsibilities: g) To publicize human rights (…), by increasing public awareness, especially through information and education and by making use of all press organs. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Preamble The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective 122