The ABCs of Human Rights: Dialogue & Human Rights

Welcome back to MHREC’s The ABCs of Human Rights: A Community Voice Project.

In human rights education, we often focus on what we teach. Whether it is the facts, the laws or the principles. But just as important is how we learn together.

At the heart of education should be dialogue. A simple yet active act of listening and being heard. When people share their own experiences, perspectives, and questions, they breathe life into what might otherwise be abstract ideas. Rights stop being something out of reach and start to feel real and local.

That’s why our approach places community conversations at its centre. In our ABC project, every discussion is a two-way exchange. Participants learnt about rights but also teach us and others, and each other, through their lived experiences.

Listening becomes a form of learning.
Sharing becomes a form of teaching.
And education becomes a collective process of understanding the world we want to build together.

Human rights don’t just exist in documents or declarations. They exist in our daily lives, in the stories we tell, and in the respect we show for one another.

The ABCs of Human Rights: A Community Voice Project is built on this simple idea: that knowing our rights helps us use them, defend them, and make sure they are upheld for everyone.

This non-formal learning opportunity is co-funded under Erasmus+ through the Directorate for Lifelong Learning and Employability (DLE) within the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR).