Human Rights Violation and an Approach to Overcome through Peace Education

Abstract

Human rights are violated all over the world. Under various circumstances, be it wars between countries or national disintegration, ordinary people are always victims of human rights violations. Many important organizations such as the United Nations and many non-governmental organizations have been established to protect human rights. But despite our best efforts, rape, war and crime are still happening in the 21st century and are not decreasing at all. Therefore, this article tries to show how violations of human rights can be observed due to lack of education in many different areas such as education for peace, education in moral values, ethics, tolerance, empathy, fraternity, etc. The three different types of violence are mob lynching, police brutality, rape, murder, sexual abuse, etc. All these incidents are somehow related to the lack of moral values and education for peace that is still not ingrained in people's minds. Most importantly, our educational system should also focus on teaching peace education from the very beginning of university life. Peace education could not only be integrated into the school curriculum, but also used as a tool through various platforms, which would be of practical use in promoting a healthy and peaceful society.