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Globalisation and National Policy Initiatives in Human Rights Education in Schools

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The chapter presents an overview of human rights education and the policy guidelines for national plans of action developed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Further, there is a focus on comprehensive national initiatives within the decade that are being undertaken in Japan, Austria, and the United States, with particular attention to the implementation of human rights education in formal secondary school settings.

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  1. School of Education, Loyola Marymount University, 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, USA

    Yvette Lapayese

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  1. Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Joseph Zajda

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Lapayese, Y. (2015). Globalisation and National Policy Initiatives in Human Rights Education in Schools. In: Zajda, J. (eds) Second International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9493-0_30

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