Human Rights Education and Human Rights in Central Asia

Abstract Human rights education (HRE) is at once a tool, the means, and method to empower individuals in human rights. The 2011 United Nations (UN) Declaration on Rights Education Training (HRET) encourages stakeholders learners disseminate information about norms equip people with knowledge understanding, instruments, mechanisms—and ultimately skills. According HRET Declaration, educators trainers aim by means of their awareness regarding mutual benefits compliance. But for that happen, must not only understand rights, but also believe them as tools mechanisms solve problems improve living environment. are universally shared moral values, such friendship, solidarity, fairness, respect, trust. treaties agreements set written legal political frameworks these values. They encompass legally politically binding instruments implement enforce which apply worldwide. One vital instrument UN International Bill Rights. This covers ten core declarations majority have been signed, ratified, recognized all five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan—since independence from Soviet Union 1991. However, extent universal can be taught taken benchmarks individual citizens depends largely regimes, capability, willingness governments. latter establish framework would allow civil society organizations (CSOs) train report violations. Governments determine incorporated formal school curricula. None countries has National Action Plan HRE, requested UN, some CSOs conduct informal training.