Education International Symposium on Human Rights and Values in Education

The foundation for an education based on a human rights-centric approach, encompassing universal values of understanding and tolerance, and of seeing cultural differences as opportunity rather than threat was the message in international symposium on 17-18 June, 2016 in Riga, Latvia. A consensus emerged today on the importance of an education that promotes acceptance over hate at a symposium on human rights and values in education organised by Education International and Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA).