Globalisation and Education Policy Issues: National Initiatives in Human Rights Education—The Implementation of Human Rights Education Policy Reform in Schools

In this chapter, I present an overview of human rights education and the policy guidelines for national plans of action developed by the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR). Further, I focus on comprehensive national initiatives within the decade that are being undertaken in Japan, Austria, and the United States, with particular attention to the implementation of human rights education in formal secondary school settings.