Revista de Ciencias Civiles y Jurídicas

Abstracto

Human Rights Education in the Chinese Context

Sun Pinghua

Human rights education (HRE) is not only a requirement of the United Nations, but also a requirement of our national human rights action plan. It is consistent with the requirement of establishing a harmonious society, and the individuals need to receive HRE in order to create a favourable climate of human rights valued and respected in China. On the basis of the clarifications of its aims, functions and significance, this paper aims to focus on the analysis of main factors of human rights education, which will deal with multiple subjects, universal objects, rich contents and flexible methods. Then, it points out the existing problems relevant to HRE in the Chinese context and puts forth strategies to deal with the relevant problems.