Human Rights Lab: Can Education Prevent Conflict and Sustain Peace

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The ECOSOC Youth Forum side-event is organized by a team of students from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the context of their research project: "Understanding the Strategic Role of Human Rights Education and Training (HRET) in Preventing Conflict an Sustaining Peace," commissioned by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This event will contribute to the understanding of HRET and its potential impact on conflict prevention and sustaining peace. The team will address this connection and showcase specific examples that will contribute to a better understanding of the role of HRET in achieving a safer global community. To illustrate the power of youth in HRET, the Youth Peace Ambassadors Network will share their experiences from the field.

The side event aims:

To introduce human rights education as an important empowering process for youth and women participation in society;
To discuss existing initiatives and programs and their assessed impact on conflict prevention and sustaining peace;
To give an overview of HRET's success factors and challenges; and,
To underline the contribution of students/universities to United Nations Processes.

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