the eve of Human Rights Day, December 9, 2011, in Central City Children's Library.Pushkin hosted a round table on "Human rights and the rights of the child care and education."He was devoted to how the joint efforts of educational institutions, libraries and community organizations to educate the citizen knows his rights and duties.
organizers of the event - the activists of the Foundation "Youth for Human Rights" brought together the heads and teachers of St. Petersburg schools and their students, the leaders of volunteer movements, representatives of libraries and all those who are interested in modern technology training and education in the field of human rights.In total there were more than 90 guests.
The round table was held presentation of the book for elementary school "Rights of the child - it's your right."The book explains in accessible language on the rights of every child, however, its main goal is not learning, and knowledge of basic rights through the senses.Author Natalia Eliasberg, Professor, Department of Social Education of St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, president of St. Petersburg Humanitarian NGO Pedagogical Center "Citizen of XXI Century" told not only about how to write this book, but also its role in the civil-law education.
In turn, Ruslan Khusainov, the leader of the Movement "Youth for Human Rights" in St. Petersburg, spoke about the educational and methodological materials on human rights of the organization, including the short film "The history of human rights" - winner of international film awards.As it explains what human rights are and show their dramatic history and development from the earliest times to the present day.The film was met with applause.Ruslan Khusainov also shared the experience of the implementation of social education and training programs, in practice, showing how major social, urban and All-Russian project can be arranged by the volunteers.
As noted by the guests of the round table, they had a lot of ideas and inspiration for activities relating to human rights and the rights of the child.And it will be successfully implemented, as each participant received a set of materials "Youth for Human Rights", which can be used both in the classroom and in the extra-curricular activities.
objective of the international movement "Youth for Human Rights" is to educate people in human rights to create an atmosphere of friendliness, respect and tolerance.It is worth noting that due to the St. Petersburg movement activists in the past year more than 1,500 students and 450 thousand citizens have learned about their rights and responsibilities at meetings in schools and street actions.
