How can we promote a human rights, peace based education?

Here is a comment about this question from CPNN reporter Janet Hudgins:

We teach the science of war on an even and equal basis with the 3Rs and we maintain it with more resources than any other school. Further, we have done this consistently for a couple of thousand years, long before education was institutionalized for all children. And we have never questioned the wisdom of teaching millions of civilians how to kill while never giving the same credence, or any for that matter, to the science of peace, the study of anti-war, of reconciliation. With this inured mindset leaders choose to fund boot camps and officer training colleges and by omission deprive youth of the better choice.

If we can teach war and violence with such commitment to suit the purposes of generals and the arms trade, where are the rest of us who have a greater need for peace and conciliation than anyone anywhere has for the killing fields? Why have civilians not demanded peace education long ago and why don’t we have it now?

Below are articles in CPNN about this question:

Mexico: First issue of the electronic magazine “Culture of Peace” published by the State Human Rights Commission

Querétero, México; What is the culture of peace?

Mexico : Renowned researchers share their experience of the UNESCO Chairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Youth Survey Report : Youth Knowledge & Interest in Peace Education

Chad: AJPNV training for democracy and human rights

Mexico: UdeC holds international discussion on the culture of peace and human rights

Australia: Conference Calls for Mainstreaming Human Rights Education

Presentation in Abidjan of a training manual on the culture of peace and social cohesion

FINOM participates in Meeting of the National Pact for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity, Culture of Peace and Human Rights

Where to Study Peace Education: A Global Directory

Africa: Through Peace Education, Youth Can Become Vanguards of Peace in the Great Lakes