Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Geneva Office for Human Rights Education (GO-HRE) provides Colega instruction at no cost.
Our logo represents children and their books, celebrating human rights education. Colega, meaning friend or colleague, focuses on children and youth worldwide, teaching them about their rights as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Important Background Information
Lessons & Languages
GO-HRE provides Colega materials at no cost for download. The lessons are available in multiple languages, currently English, French, Spanish and Tagalog. Click on the links to check out lessons in your preferred language.
The curriculum also includes worksheets, powerpoints and videos in English.
If the time comes in any society that the predominant culture does not sufficiently value… freedom of religion or speech or assembly or the other essential liberties that we sometimes take for granted… then laws, even constitutions, will not be sufficient to sustain and preserve them.
– D. Todd Christofferson
The right to
Freedom of religion or belief
The right to
Life, freedom and security
The right to
marriage and a family
The right to
education
The right to
protection against discrimination
The right to
seek asylum
The right to
protection from child labor
The right to
identity
The right to
protection against torture or bullying
our duty to each other
