The first formal request for the need to educate students about human rights came about in UNESCO’s 1974 article Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace, and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
广义教育的含义在1974年教科文组织的对于国际共识、合作、和平以及与人权和基本自由相关的教育的教育内容建议中的第1（a）条中进行了重申。