Human rights education: implications for religions in the brazilian context

Abstract

Human rights education is paramount for a plain development of personality, for the consolidation of citizenship and to promote a culture of solidarity. So, it constitutes one of the most significant challenges nowadays. Public and private institutions are then expected to play a role in creating, promoting and strengthening the culture of human rights. The methodology developed is based on the analysis of specialized bibliography. This way, aiming to draw some implications for religious praxis, the current text investigates the main normative and guideline instruments in Brazilian society, such as the Federal Constitution, the Law for guidelines and basis of Education, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other documents that deal with education and human rights. The analysis starts with the constitutional text that establishes education as a right for everyone, as well as its respective objectives; afterwards based on the 1948 Universal Declaration it reflects on education in human rights and its importance to the consolidation of citizenship; at the end, the author shows human rights education implications to Brazilian religious context: human rights education promotes liberty and equality; it promotes an education that is committed with human development and with a culture of solidarity; and it promotes friendship among different religions.