TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Branimira Penic
The training aims to explore the concept of human rights in the contemporary world, with a particular focus on future rights (i.e., fourth-generation rights) and the ongoing importance of fighting for equal access to human rights for all.
The participants in the training were active youth workers and youth leaders who, in their professional lives, dealt with the challenges of human rights violations and protection. All partner organizations had youth workers and youth leaders working in local communities who needed more knowledge, skills, and support in the field of human rights. The partner organizations worked with highly diverse groups of young people, covering a wide range of topics, but all dealt with human rights issues on a daily basis.
The training involved 13 countries: Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Armenia, Denmark, Georgia, and North Macedonia with 24 participants.
Different non-formal education methods were used during this training, including icebreakers, team-building activities, group work, treasure hunts, role plays and reflection activities.
Here is the description of non-formal method we used:
DAY3 _SESSION 1 : MULTIVERSE human rights summit
• To understand where does the system of human rights came from
• To critically approach western idea of human rights
• To raise awareness about importance of different generations of human rights
Simulation of human rights summit, but from the perspective of different ages of the human race development - Stone Age, Roman Empire, Middle Age, Contemporary Age, and 23rd century. In groups, participants must discuss what is happening in their world, how people live, research historical events, and imagine potential future occurrences. At intervals, the ambassador will issue an intergalactic call with instructions. Groups should choose one sigil that represents them in the summit too.
• Instruction – What events triggered the need for human rights – what happened that led people of that era to start talking about human rights?
• Instruction – Which human rights are significant in that period?
• Instruction – Whose rights are not considered in that era?
• Instruction – Find three instances of human rights violations.
• Instruction – Discover who decides which rights are significant.
When the research is done, and all instructions ready the summit begins. Ambassador will invite every delegate to share what are the search results in less than 1 min (per question). After every question there will be short discussion.
Settings:
“A significant multiverse human rights summit is taking place in the far far far future – time travel is entirely possible, so humans of the future are interested what happened with human rights throughout human history. The human rights ambassador is convening representatives from all periods of Earth's history to present the state of human rights in their respective time periods.
Greetings, time ambassadors! Today, we're on a special mission to understand human rights across the ages. I'm excited to see representatives from different times—Stone Age, Roman Empire, Middle Age, Contemporary Age, and 23rd century—all in one place!
Now, I'd like each group to chat about what's happening in their world. What's life like, and what historical events have shaped things? Oh, and don't forget to choose a symbol that represents your group! As you delve into these discussions, consider the challenges and triumphs your people face.
Here are some questions to guide your discussions:
1. What made people in your era start talking about human rights? Any big events?
2. What human rights matter most in your time?
3. Whose rights are overlooked in your era?
4. Can you find three times when human rights were ignored or violated?
5. And lastly, who gets to decide which rights are most important in your time?
Let's make this cosmic meeting a success by sharing your stories and wisdom. The floor is yours, time ambassadors!”
Groups are presenting state of the human rights in their era, other can ask additional questions and raise points if there is something interesting they have heard of.
Debriefing questions:
• Are there some rights that are same in all time periods?
• Are there some rules that are more important then others
• Are there some groups that are excluded that repeat throughout the history?
• What is the driving force that causes establishing Human rights?
• What were the key events in different eras that led to discussions about human rights? How did these events shape the concept of human rights in different eras?
• Can you describe the three instances of human rights violations you identified in your research?
• How do the human rights issues and priorities in your era compare to those in other periods discussed today? What similarities and differences do you notice?
• How do you think the understanding and implementation of human rights have evolved from the Stone Age to the 23rd century? What progress has been made, and what challenges remain?
• Based on the discussions and presentations, what lessons can future generations learn from the history of human rights?
• What did you find most surprising or interesting about the human rights issues in other eras?
• How has this activity changed or reinforced your understanding of human rights?
Why we need to talk about human rights? - individual reflection on a video material: The last human - a glimpse into the far future
In this info-pack you can find the timetable: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFwTzYUTi0/xh1esaONI1uCB15cwaMz2g/view?utm_content=DAFwTzYUTi0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Heightened understanding of contemporary and future human rights issues.
Enhanced advocacy skills to promote and protect equal access to human rights.
Initiatives fostering awareness and advocacy for equal rights across diverse communities.Strengthened connections among participants, paving the way for future collaborative endeavors.
Empowerment of individuals to spearhead human rights advocacy in their respective spheres.
All partner organisations implemented at least one one-day interactive workshop with their users.
I was in charge of preparatory tasks for participants, most of the logistics of the training, as well as preparing and implementing educational program and coordinating dissemination activities.
I was the main - trainer for this training in a team that consisted of 2 experienced trainers.