Section 1: What are human rights and what do we think about them?
Children should learn:
- the meaning of the term 'human rights', and to distinguish human rights from other kinds of rights
- that some rights are not absolute, and why it may be necessary to balance them in order to protect the rights of others
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Section 2: How did human rights agreements come about? What is the European Convention on Human Rights? What happens when human rights are denied?
Children should learn:
- about the origin of international human rights principles and agreements, and the development of human rights law in Europe and the UK
- that human rights are universal, meaning that they belong to every individual in the world regardless of their age, gender or nationality
- why human rights ideals were developed, and about the horrendous acts that brought the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into being
- that conventions such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the conventions on discrimination were designed to prevent people in positions of power, including employers, teachers and parents, from abusing that power
- to use skills of enquiry and research to find out about a legal case that involved a breach of human rights
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Section 3: Why are human rights important in society today?
Children should learn:
- about the Human Rights Act 1998 and how it can be used to protect the basic rights of citizens in the UK
- to contribute to group and class discussions
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