The title Human Rights Education: The Fourth R derives from a belief that teaching of human rights is as basic as teaching the traditional three Rs. The Fourth R should occupy as central a place in the curriculum as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Nancy Flowers
Amnesty International USA
Hillary Homes
Amnesty International--Canada
Shulamith Koenig
Organizing Committee, People's Decade of
Human Rights Education
Ed OBrien
National Institute for Citizen Education in the
Law
Kristi Rudelius-Palmer
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center
Janet Schmidt
Chair- Amnesty International USA Human
Rights Educators' Network
Ruth Selwyn
Canadian Human Rights Foundation
Magda Seydgart
South House Exchange
David Shiman
University of Vermont Center for World
Education
Laurie Wiseberg
Human Rights Internet
Thanks to Haleema J. Qurashi, Johanna Allayne Ronnei, and Barbara Swanson for their help in preparing this edition of The Fourth R. A publication of Amnesty International USA Human Rights Educators Network. Editorial Offices: AI USA Human Rights Educators Network, 53 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 1162, Chicago, IL, 60604-3606 U.S.; and Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, 439 Law Center, 229-19th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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