CRC General Comment 1, Article 29 (1): The Aims of Education
The first General Comment of the Committee of the Right of the Child interprets Article 29 (1) of the Convention of the Rights of the Child which defines the aims of education.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education on Normative Action for Quality Education
This report examines national and international norms and standards, as well as policies regarding quality in education. The Special Rapporteur underscores the need to promote the adoption of norms at the national level establishing the right to quality education, consistent with the international legal human rights framework and relevant initiatives at the national, regional and international levels. In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur provides recommendations aimed at promoting quality education.
Making Education For All a Reality
Beyond 2015 is a global campaign aiming to influence the creation of a post 2015 development framework that succeeds the current UN Millennium Development Goals. It brings together some 800 civil society organisations in over 100 countries around the world. This paper, which focuses on education, was drafted by the Global Campaign for Education with the inputs of the Right to Education Project. It takes as a starting point the right to education and pleads for a universal, equitable access to quality education.
Education Rights. A Guide for Practitioners and Activists
This guide presents ideas and methodologies to put a human rights-based approach to education in practice. It focuses on six strategic areas that are central to (and provide a framework for) a HRBA to education including: understanding and securing the right to education working with excluded groups; financing education; promoting citizen participation in education securing rights in education; advancing a full "Education for All" agenda.
La crise des manuels scolaires du Limpopo en Afrique du Sud - Comment SECTION27 a utilisé des stratégies fondées sur les droits pour responsabiliser le gouvernement
En Afrique du Sud, SECTION27 a utilisé des stratégies fondées sur les droits pour demander des comptes à l'État qui ne garantit pas l'achat et la livraison de manuels aux écoles du Limpopo, une zone rurale du pays.