Human rights, international agreements and shared values: human rights as universal standards; taking children's rights seriously - implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the Council of Europe and human rights education. Human rights education and political realities: challenging racism, xenophobia and intolerance; education for citizenship and democracy; teachers' and student teachers' understandings of human rights, citizenship and identities. Human rights and the curriculum: curriculum development in teacher education; human rights and the professional development of teachers; human rights and the school curriculum; looking to the future. Appendices: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; summary of the UN convention on the rights of the child; recommendation 2 (88) 7 of the Council of Ministers on teaching and learning humam rights in schools.