Protecting invisible children in England: how human rights education could improve school safeguarding

This article brings together two distinct but interrelated fields: human rights education (HRE) and safeguarding. It endeavours to show that the former can be beneficial for efficacy of latter. By extending an argument put forward recently HRE effective it must enable children recognise respond lived injustices, places this important issue within existing framework processes associated with safeguarding young people in formal education. attempts both elucidate consolidate connection between safeguarding, arguing if were become integral part training delivery, may better equipped speak up about violations their rights, rather than relying on a passive system adult observation.