Starkey, Hugh;
(2012)
Europe, Human Rights, and Education.
In: Sayer, J and Erler, L, (eds.)
Schools for the Future Europe: Values and Change beyond Lisbon.
(pp. 47-64).
Continuum: London, UK.
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Abstract
This chapter examines the foundational ideals and principles that underlay the creation and constitution of the Council of Europe in 1950 and the European Economic Community in 1957. The principles are clearly articulated in the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), itself explicitly derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The chapter traces some of the origins of these principles and shows how they have been applied to policy as both intergovernmental organisations have expanded and developed. Given that European ideals inform strategic development at intergovernmental and member state levels and that they consequently influence regional and local policies, education is a key means for enabling citizens to understand the rationale for the existence of the Council of Europe and European Union. Knowledge of the foundational principles can also act as a standard against which to judge policy. Education therefore has the capacity to promote understanding of European institutions and critique their actions. The Council of Europe, an intergovernmental organisation of 47 member states by 2011, was founded with a view to furthering European unity in order to achieve a peaceful continent in a peaceful world. Its strategy for achieving this is to insist that its member states are fully democratic and that all individuals living in Europe have their human rights protected. The principles are also accepted by the 27 member states of the European Union, all of which are also members of the Council of Europe. These founding principles are claimed in the Statute of the Council of Europe to be the 'common heritage of their peoples' which would arguably constitute a defining feature of European identity. The chapter traces the origin and development of this conception of what it means to be European and demonstrates some of its manifestations in education policy.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Europe, Human Rights, and Education |
| ISBN-13: | 9781441162410 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/schools-for-the-futu... |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1562484 |
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