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which human rights are included in the curriculum content of formal education,
in the programme of activities in non-formal education, and in other public
information activities. The Committee will report its findings to the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
331. The Committee will regularly consider the efforts made by States parties
to translate into all local languages the texts of international human rights
norms and instruments, general comments and concluding observations by the
treaty bodies, and reports of any national institution or government organ
entrusted with the promotion and protection of human rights.
332. The Committee, in the light of information made available to it and to
the other treaty bodies, will pay special attention to the efforts made by
States parties to provide human rights education through programmes for all
target groups specified in the Plan of Action, instruction through the formal
and informal educational systems, and public campaigns and information for the
public as a whole. In its consideration of States parties’ reports, the
Committee will seek specific information on the progress of States over time
with each of these approaches.
333. The Committee will give regular consideration to the status of
implementation of the Plan of Action in States parties. It will pay
particular attention to whether States are making use of all the resources
available from national and international organizations and the specialized
agencies, whether national focal points for human rights education are being
established and, if so, what their achievements and their present and planned
activities are.
334. The Committee will identify areas where States parties may benefit from
international technical assistance, including the materials and project
assistance offered by, inter alia, the Centre for Human Rights, UNESCO,
UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO and WHO, on the basis of information learned during its
consideration of States parties’ reports and the survey to be conducted by the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the assistance of the
Centre for Human Rights and UNESCO.
With regard to its organization of work:
335. The Committee may consider preparing for discussion at one of its future
sessions a general comment on the nature of States parties’ obligations under
article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights.
336. The Committee requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to invite UNESCO to make available to the Committee its assessment of
teaching materials, curricula and other relevant information concerning human
rights education that are received from Member States, from intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations, and from all relevant organs within the
United Nations system. The Committee expresses the hope that relevant
country-specific information may be exchanged on a regular basis with the
UNESCO Advisory Committee on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy.