Need and Importance of the Human Rights Education Among Twenty First Century Students

Abstract

   Human Rights’ is one of the most talk of an hour in todays’ society and the existence of that is universal, right of all people was asserted in the United Nations General Assembly's Declaration of December 1986. Human Right is the right that every human being possessed just because he/she is being born as a human; irrespective of caste, creed, religion, sex, race, nationality, region, etc. Being born as a human being is the only criteria to possess human rights so, one can say that human are the most gifted creature of the entire universe who possess all different kinds of rights as soon as one is born; whether he/she is being aware of it or not. We have all kinds of rights and responsibilities as being enshrined in the constitutional provision as well as in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But to get justice and to be sure whether one is living a dignified life, one should be aware of human rights concept first and then all kinds of rights that we possess. The present study highlights on human rights education which is that education towards enabling one to know and understand the concept of human rights and its need and importance and to be aware of the human rights 21^st century students. They are a universal phenomenon because rights have been imbibed in our society over the years and has been realized that without human rights we cannot live as human beings. These rights are necessary to ensure the dignity of every person as a human being irrespective of one’s race, religion, nationality, language, sex or any other factor and the concept of human rights is based on the assumption that human beings are born equal in dignity and rights.

   It was after the two world wars that the necessity for promoting and promoting human rights was felt seriously, and the General Assembly of the United Nations provides that all men and women are entitled to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights without any discrimination. Human rights education is not something like consideration of abstract ideas reflecting certain generous ideas, it is naturally to be adapted to the specific needs of every human being by providing one with norms, values and criteria to which 21^st century individual can refer to in the course of daily life.

Keywords: - Awareness, Education, Importance, Human Rights, Need, School, Students.