1 Valuing the importance of school culture

1.3 Example 2: Toolkit Human rights friendly schools

On the way to implementing a value-centred, human rights-based school culture, the Toolkit for Human Rights Friendly Schools by the NGO Amnesty International (2017) could provide guidance: This model makes comprehensive reference to human rights education in the school context and integrates the connection of human rights education to everyday life. Amnesty International (2017, p. 5) defines four levels in the approach of human rights peaceful schools: the level of leadership, relationships, curricula and the school learning environment. Guiding principles as principles in the value orientation of the school are described in the topic areas of inclusion, participation, responsibility and empowerment.

Figure 3: Toolkit Human rights friendly schools (Amnesty International, 2017)