The relevant international and regional human rights treaties include: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (and its Optional Protocol), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (and recognised the competence of CERD to receive complaints under Article 14 of International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (and its Optional Protocol), Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (and its Optional Protocol), UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, ILO Minimum Age Convention, ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, UNESCO Convention on Technical and Vocational Education, ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.
In Europe: Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights, (Revised) European Social Charter (including Article 17), Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers, OSCE Helsinki Final Act.
In the Americas: Charter of the Organization of American States, American Convention on Human Rights Protocol of San Salvador.
In Africa: African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
For information on ratification status see, here.
The international human rights treaties relevant to the right to education ratified by the State provide a normative framework for the human rights commitments of the State regarding its obligations to implement the right to education. When using this indicator you should check whether the State has ratified the most relevant international human rights treaty, for example, if your project focuses on the right to education of girls, you should check whether the State has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol