State Obligations in the Field of History Education

The purpose of this contribution was to fill a gap: using the logic of human rights, it tried to infer specific State obligations in the field of history education from general State obligations with the intent to reach broad agreement about them, not merely among history educators but also among outsiders and, importantly, States themselves. Five such State obligations were found to be extremely relevant – the State obligations to respect, protect, promote, make reparation, and prevent – and their application in the field of history education was explored.