It is confirmed that the attitude of the majority holds the key to the future of human rights education. The session was chaired by Professor Yasumasa Hirasawa of Osaka University. First, Ms. Margot Brown, National Co-ordinator of the Global Education Centre based in U.K., was invited to give her presentation about human rights education in schools through the global education programs. Teachers teach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but not in today's context where conflicts are taking place in many parts of the world which directly or indirectly affect the lives of people in other parts of the world. Indeed, it lacks a global perspective.
Global education is to encourage students to see their human rights in the global context.
Mr. Yoshimasa Koike, a member of the Permanent Committee of the National Dowa Educators Association, followed her as the second speaker. When he was a teacher at a school located near a Buraku community in Osaka, many Buraku children disclosed that they were from Buraku before their classmates. It encouraged Korean children to identify themselves as Korean with their real Korean names. It even helped Japanese children understand the issues of discrimination against the Buraku and Korean residents. Eventually, it also contributed to the promotion of a campaign for children with disabilities in the community.