Part I Introduction to human rights education
Human Rights Educator
Knowledge
competencies
Technical and
professional practice
competencies
Personal
competencies
Human Rights Educator
Each competency has matching performance indicators.
Competency
Performance indicators
Knowledge
competencies
Human rights knowledge of:
• human rights in general and issues specific to the country, the Asia Pacific
region and its sub-regions international and domestic human rights frameworks
and legislation mechanisms, and mechanisms for addressing human rights
grievances
• the role of a national human rights institution (NHRI)
• priorities and strategic direction of their own NHRI
• human rights-based approaches.60
Education and training knowledge of:
• the theories and principles of education in general, and human rights education
specifically and applies appropriately to education processes including:
• planning
• implementation and monitoring
• monitoring and evaluation.
• education methodologies, processes and tools as they relate across diverse
settings.
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For an explanation of a “human rights-based approach”, see Chapter 5, section 5.2.2.
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