Human Rights Education at Elementary School Level

Human rights could be commonly defined as the rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings. These are the minimal rights that every individual must have by virtue f his being a member of human family. Human rights, today, is rightly and universally regarded as a most fundamental value in life. The history of mankind proves that many persons died for it, killed for it, some desire for it, while others fear it. Human rights are as old as humanity itself, but human rights as a democratic society experiences today is the result of the evolution of human consciousness son the basis of the necessary demand for life based on equality, freedom and justice in a civilized society. Hence, human rights are the reflections of a civil society to protect and promote rule of law and human dignity. These are the claims of the individual for such conditions as are essential for the fullest realization of the innate characteristic which nature has bestowed him / her with as a human being. In other words, they imply that there are inherent and inalienable rights which are due to an individual by virtue of his / her being a human being and that they are necessary to ensure the dignity of every person as human being irrespective of one’s race, religion, age, nationality language or any other factor. The knowledge and awareness of human rights is equally important in times of peace and war. The knowledge of human rights is essential as a tool for the observance and the promotion of human rights and also the creation of a climate of public opinion in which gross violations of human rights are unacceptable