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Human rights education
The knowledge and skills to claim own rights and to respect and uphold the rights of others are fundamental to human rights realisation. We work to strengthen human rights education in Denmark and internationally to create a universal culture of human rights.
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Illustration: Ditte Lander Ahlgren
How we work
Pushing for national policies
Both in Denmark（https://www.humanrights.dk/our-work/our-work-denmark/education） and internationally we work strategically with state and non-state actors to incorporate human rights education in education policies and programmes. This includes both formal and non-formal education systems and in primary schools as well as in the education of teachers, police officers, health care practitioners etc.
Learning and training with effect
Through our online learning hub（https://training.humanrights.dk/）, we continuously develop and provide free state-of-the-art learning materials accessible in 6 languages and we apply tools to document the learning effect. Based on many years of experience, we provide technical assistance and training for practitioners in development agencies, state institutions and civil society organisations on human rights, including how to apply a human rights-based approach（https://www.humanrights.dk/our-work/human-rights-based-approach） to the implementation of the SDGs. Visit the learning hub here（https://training.humanrights.dk/）.
Agenda-setting on human rights education
We influence UN- and development agencies, NHRIs（https://www.humanrights.dk/our-work/national-human-rights-institutions） and education actors to strengthen the normative framework for human rights education. We do so through policy dialogues, by showcasing best practice, and by strengthening global data collection on human rights education.
Results
A new generation of human rights defenders in Myanmar（https://www.humanrights.dk/result/new-generation-human-rights-defenders-myanmar）
Law students in Myanmar are the first young people in decades to receive human rights education. They want to be the next generation fighting for human rights.
Realising human rights through strong civil society in Ukraine（https://www.humanrights.dk/result/realising-human-rights-through-strong-civil-society-ukraine）
By working with more than 100 NGOs in Ukraine, The Danish Institute for Human Rights has contributed to a strengthened civil society sector
Chinese prosecutors and lawyers prepared to protect human rights（https://www.humanrights.dk/result/chinese-prosecutors-lawyers-prepared-protect-human-rights）
The Institute has supported human rights training of 15,000 defence lawyers and 2,000 prosecutors.
View all results（https://www.humanrights.dk/results）
Tools
Read more（https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/sdg-47-human-rights-education-monitoring-tool）
Tool
SDG 4.7: Human rights education monitoring tool（https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/sdg-47-human-rights-education-monitoring-tool）
This tool can help keep track of national human rights education implementation.
Read more（https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/guide-strategic-approach-human-rights-education）
Tool
Guide to a strategic approach to human rights education（https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/guide-strategic-approach-human-rights-education）