Standards and norms in education

This is a collection of UNESCO’s standard-setting and normative instruments in education, legal as well as non-legal. It also includes support documents, plus other relevant United Nations documents pertaining to the right to education as well as other key education themes.

• Definitions of legal terms

• General introduction to UNESCO’s standard-setting instruments

• UNESCO's Constitution

The Constitution is the fundamental framework to which the 191 member states of UNESCO have committed themselves. It is the basis of UNESCO’s work in setting norms and standards through instruments, publications and awareness-raising.

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