"In our globalized world, education and the fight against discrimination remains a major issue. Thus discriminatory practices still exist today despite the fact that discrimination has no justification in international law.

Faced with this challenge, not only is education required to play an important role in the fight against discrimination, but access to all levels of education must be ensured systematically and without discrimination. This is one of the major issues involved in the right to education."

Year of publication: 
2005
Author(s): 
Hector Gros Espiell
Publisher(s): 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Educational Organization, UNESCO
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