Support for the continuing growth of human rights education initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region can be in the form of regional documentation of their experiences. There is no better way of giving tribute to these initiatives, despite their weaknesses, than to make them known to educators in the region who are also likely in continuing search for ideas and materials on how to pursue their own human rights education programs.

The collection of articles in this volume provides an important reminder of what is in store in the region as far as human rights education is concerned. What else can we find in our search for human rights education experiences? The strong indication is that there are many more unrecognized and incompletely documented experiences waiting to be disseminated to educators in the region and beyond.

Contents:
I. SECTORAL EDUCATION
• Japanese Movements on Children’s Participation and the Child-friendly City
• Capacity Building for Human Rights Defenders on Enforced Disappearance
• Empowerment through Economic Literacy Training: The ALTSEAN Experience
• Rights of Bonded Laborers at Brick Kilns: A Social Protection Perspective from Pakistan

II. FORMAL EDUCATION
Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, and Tolerance Education: UNRWA Experience from the Field

III. SURVEYS AND RESEARCH
• Practice of Human Rights Education in Thailand and Bangladesh
• Actualizing the Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Education: A Policy Initiative in the Philippines
• Human Rights Centers: Educating for Action

SPECIAL SECTION
• Strengthening Local NGOs in Areas Where Extractive Industries Operate: Indonesia
• Human Rights Education for the Police (Kazakhstan)
• Protect the Environmental Rights and Justice of the Public