Educación en derechos humanos para una ciudadanía democrática e inclusiva: trabajar en la escuela y desde la Educación Física

this paper focuses on the human dignity value and its deriving imperatives as the foundation of the concept of human rights. as a result, it shows human rights education (hre) as a right in itself and also as a component of the right to education. following a synthesis of hre goals, ends and relationship with building a democratic, inclusive and intercultural citizenship, this study points out that school is a privileged institution for its development by diverse means and curricular subjects. thus, it focus on physical education in particular, both as a subject and as an extra-curricular activity, taking into consideration hre in its three dimensions: (a) as care and attention to the body and its movements; (b) as an incentive to more active contact with the natural environment; (c) as collective leasure and desportive activities. this paper concludes that teachers and school activities play a strategical role to explore physical education potential fully in making up a human right culture.