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What We Do Introduction Overview Building Awareness |
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| Education We have a duty to learn from those who have survived atrocity and loss. They have much to teach us about the root causes of gross human rights violations, and its impact upon survivors, families, communities and future generations. We must understand the causes of atrocity and why societies and governments perpetrate such acts. Following WWII, torture was universally outlawed but is now being reconsidered by western democracies. They are even questioning the relevance of the 1951 UN convention on the status of refugees. A whole generation are growing up in a climate where violation of certain people’s rights is acceptable. We educate the public, policy makers and future generations about the risks of pursuing policies that ignore human rights. We look at the origins of violence in our own society, and examine our capacity for prejudice and racism so that people can relate to it in their everyday life - in a children’s playground or on the factory floor. We work closely with universities developing human rights courses which use poetry, drama, film and art, and a systematic programme of workshops, lectures, public appearances and seminars. |
