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Human Rights Education Through Sports

2022-1-HU01-KA152-YOU-0000660202022Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: HU|TR|ES|PL|IT|DE · Grant: €18,020
Democracy and inclusive democratic participationHuman rights and rule of lawEuropean identity and values

Objectives

The project aimed to familiarize young people with human rights education through sport to promote social change and maintain peaceful and just societies (through physical activity). The objectives of the project were to: 
- Strengthen respect for human rights
 - Show how sports can be used for human rights education through various tools, methods, and approaches. 
- Increase the validity of sports as tool for human rights education and advocacy.
 - Increase awareness of the importance of human rights education through sports in order to create more inclusive societies. - Raise awareness of the importance of human rights education through sports to the realization of peace and the prevention of human rights abuses.
 - Develop critical human rights consciousness in young people through sports to play a more active role in human rights advocacy.
 - Foster unity, peace, tolerance, and inclusion in Europe through a deeper understanding of human rights. - Encourage participants to be more active in their local communities - Improve the knowledge of human rights education and the importance of non-formal education which would improve the quality of social work and employability of the participants.
 - Strengthen the activities of partner organizations aimed at the creation of a culture of peace in Europe, based upon universal values of human rights through sports.

Project partners (6)