Abstract
The research underpinning this article has taken place in the context of a research project that seeks to improve children’s legal capability. Discussions concerning the place of children’s rights in this project led the author to engage with the HRE literature, where they discovered an affinity between the aims of the project and so-called ‘transformative’ HRE. This led to the central question this article explores: how might domestic law and domestic legal processes benefit or inform HRE? Basing its discussion around the familiar notion of HRE being education about, through and for human rights, the article recognises that the radically transformative approach it advocates may be considered too radical by some. Nevertheless, taking the topic of bullying in school as an example, it seeks to demonstrate that knowledge of domestic law and legal processes is essential to addressing the rights violations children experience in their everyday lives.
Publisher
OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University
Reference47 articles.
1. Bagshaw, R. (2001). Children through Tort. In J. Fionda (Ed.) Legal Concepts of Childhood. Oxford (pp. 127-150). UK: Hart Publishing.
2. Bajaj, M. (2012). Schooling for Social Change. New York: Continuum International. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350091221
3. Bajaj, M., Cislaghi, B. & Mackie, G. (2016). Advancing Transformative human rights education. Appendix D to the Report of the Global Citizenship Commission. New York: Open Book. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0091.13
4. Balmer, N., Pleasence, P., Hagland, T. and McRae, C. (2019). Law… What is it Good For? How People see the Law, Lawyers and Courts in Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Victoria Law Foundation. Retrieved from https://victorialawfoundation.org.au/research/research-reports/law-what-is-it-good-for-how-people-see-the-law-lawyers-and-courts-in-australia/
5. Barwick, J., Watkins, D., Kirk, E. & Lai-Chong Law, E. (2018). Adventures with Lex: the gamification of research. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 24(3), 229-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856516677682