UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance

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UNESCO normative instrument human rights document international declaration

The UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance is a 1995 international normative document that defines tolerance as a fundamental human right and global responsibility, guiding education, legislation, and policy to combat intolerance and violence worldwide.

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Label	Occurrences
UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance canonical	2
Article 6: International day for tolerance	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO normative instrument ⓘ human rights document ⓘ international declaration ⓘ
adoptedAtSession	General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ surface form: 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference
adoptedBy	General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ surface form: UNESCO General Conference
adoptionDate	1995-11-16 ⓘ
adoptionYear	1995 ⓘ
aimsTo	combat intolerance ⓘ combat violence ⓘ promote mutual understanding among peoples and cultures ⓘ promote peace ⓘ
articleCount	6 ⓘ
author	UNESCO ⓘ surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
callsFor	international cooperation to promote tolerance and non-violence ⓘ
characterizesToleranceAs	active attitude prompted by recognition of the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of others ⓘ
defines	tolerance as respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, forms of expression and ways of being human ⓘ
emphasizes	the importance of media and communication in promoting tolerance ⓘ the role of education in preventing intolerance ⓘ
encouragesStatesTo	adopt legislation and policies to protect individuals and groups from acts of intolerance ⓘ develop educational curricula that foster tolerance and respect for human rights ⓘ
establishes	International Day for Tolerance ⓘ
guides	education policy on tolerance ⓘ legislation to combat intolerance ⓘ public policy to promote tolerance ⓘ
hasArticle	Article 1: Meaning of tolerance ⓘ Article 2: State level – National legislation and practice ⓘ Article 3: Social dimensions ⓘ Article 4: Education ⓘ Article 5: Commitment to action ⓘ UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article 6: International day for tolerance
internationalDayDate	November 16 ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding declaration ⓘ
linkedDay	International Day for Tolerance ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	Paris ⓘ
recognizesToleranceAs	a fundamental human right ⓘ a global responsibility ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education ⓘ surface form: UN Decade for Human Rights Education Constitution of UNESCO ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Constitution Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
statesThat	tolerance is a duty that upholds human rights, pluralism, democracy and the rule of law ⓘ tolerance is not concession, condescension or indulgence ⓘ
subject	education for tolerance ⓘ human rights ⓘ prevention of intolerance ⓘ tolerance ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence → associatedWith → UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance ⓘ

United Nations Year for Tolerance → hasKeyDocument → UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance ⓘ

UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance → hasArticle → UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 6: International day for tolerance