Social Justice Activism

IV. Educational Injustice
Education for Justice is the process of promoting a culture of lawfulness through
educational activities at all levels. Education for Justice aims at teaching the next
generation about crime prevention, and to better understand and address problems that
can undermine the rule of law. It promotes peace and encourages students to actively
engage in their communities and future professions. Education for Justice is a basic
legal knowledge, in which educational activities at all levels seek to promote
understanding of crime prevention, peace, justice, human rights, and problems that can
undermine the rule of law. Education reportedly plays a key role in transmitting and
sustaining socio-cultural norms and ensuring their continued evolution. As such,
governments may seek to strengthen this promotion of a culture of lawfulness through
education.
Education and Justice
Peace, justice, human rights and fundamental freedoms are considered to be of vital
importance for the stability and well-being of societies across the world. Governments
around the world believe that while regulatory frameworks on corruption, violence, and
crime are part of the responses to be given, the challenges still persist, often beyond
national borders and, increasingly, in globally interconnected ways.
Many governments strengthen efforts to uphold the principle of the rule of law (RoL) in
the daily lives of their citizens and through the public institutions that seek to serve
them. This is to promote and protect the safety, dignity and human rights of all
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