Watkins, D. orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-1938 (2022) Exploring the role of domestic law in human rights education. Human Rights Education Review, 5 (2). pp. 98-116. ISSN 2535-5406
Abstract
The research underpinning this article has taken place in the context of a research project that seeks to improve children’s legal capability. Discussions concerning the place of children’s rights in this project led the author to engage with the HRE literature, where they discovered an affinity between the aims of the project and so-called ‘transformative’ HRE. This led to the central question this article explores: how might domestic law and domestic legal processes benefit or inform HRE? Basing its discussion around the familiar notion of HRE being education about, through and for human rights, the article recognises that the radically transformative approach it advocates may be considered too radical by some. Nevertheless, taking the topic of bullying in school as an example, it seeks to demonstrate that knowledge of domestic law and legal processes is essential to addressing the rights violations children experience in their everyday lives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 the author(s). This is an OpenAccess publication licensed under terms given in: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (CC-BY 4.0). https://www.humanrer.org |
Keywords: | Domestic law; human rights education; legal capability; bullying; legal literacy; children’s rights education; human rights literacy; human rights violations |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 818457 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2022 10:54 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 10:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of South-Eastern Norway |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.7577/hrer.4578 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187721 |