We aim at strengthening the link between academic and grassroots activism and support European movement-strengthening democratic resilience building efforts that address emerging gender rights crises through non-formal education, awareness-raising campaigns advocacy and lobbying in Ireland and European-wide.

While raising awareness about the UDHR the HRE LAB seeks to provide multiple levels of benefits:

• Promoting human rights and democratic citizenship education for all;
  
• Providing creative human rights education with and for young people and children; migrant and minorities;
• Showcasing the importance and value of creative arts in non-formal human rights education;
  
• Engaging citizens to inspire learning, critical thinking and positive social interaction via creative human rights education;
  
• Empowering citizens with fewer opportunities to learn about their rights and act towards active participation and democratic citizenship;
  
• Engaging the broader community to support the social inclusion, paying special attention to the marginalised communities;
  
• Providing collaborative opportunities for human rights education among civil society organisations, schools and universities aiming to bridge formal and non-formal human rights education for and with young people.
  

Additional initiatives of the HRE LAB:

• Distribution and continuing development of a project-based non-formal training curriculum in educational centres, schools and congruent teacher training institutes. The curriculum, which meets the UN requirements for teaching the UDHR, integrates the creative arts and a culminating presentation to inspire the young people toward deep learning, personal growth and civic engagement.
• Bridging formal and non-formal human rights education. Built on our successful pilot work across European schools since 2023, our unique curriculum integrates the creative arts and a culminating presentation to excite students about learning, being engaged in actions and behaviours that further positive interactions with their peers, teachers and extended communities, and taking action to promote equity, justice and human dignity for all people.  
  
• We invite teachers, leaders of non-profit organisations and community leaders to utilise the curriculum. 

European Memberships

• The Human Rights Education LAB is represented at the  Fundamental Rights Forum of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
  
• HRA became a full member of the Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe Network, DARE (www.dare-network.eu).