Facilitation: Method of Human Rights Training

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Prof, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities Science, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

2 PhD Student, Faculty of Humanities Science, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan

Abstract
Facilitation or participative learning is a modern training method. It uses in various
fields of science increasingly, especially in humanitarian sciences. The goal of
human rights training is promotion and protection of human rights. Not only the
content but also the method of training must be in coordination with its goal. Only in
this way the promotion and protection of human rights will be achieved.
Comparative study in this article improves that facilitation is the best training method
for human rights training. The principles of human rights training, includes
promotion human rights values, respect to differences and non discrimination,
encourage analysis of human rights problems, empower communities and individuals
to identify their human rights needs, develop the capacity of duty-bearers, account
historical and social local developments promote the knowledge and skill of human
rights, use of participatory, make environments free from fear, be relevant to the
daily life of the learners, are compatible with the elements of facilitation, includes
equality participatory approach, active listening, confidentiality, safe environment,
mutual respect, importance of personal experiments and equipped training place.

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