Scope and interpretations of the Right to Education
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Enforcing the right to education of refugees: a policy perspective, 2019
- Protecting the right to education for refugees, 2017
- Operationalizing Sustainable Development Goal 4: a review of national legislations on the right to education, 2017
- Overview of the role of private providers in education in light of the existing international legal framework, 2015
- Conclusions of the expert consultation on the operational definition of basic education, 2009
- The Right to Education, 2008
- Inclusive Dimensions of the Right to Education: Normative Bases. Concept Paper, 2008
- The Right to Education. Monitoring standard-setting instruments of UNESCO, 2008
- The Right to Primary Education Free of Charge For All: ensuring compliance with international obligations, 2008
- A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education for All, (UNESCO, UNICEF), 2007
- The right to education for all: Ten Reasons Why The Convention against Discrimination in Education is highly significant in today's world 2007
- Enseignement primaire et gratuité (OIDEL), 2006 (in French)
- Comparative analysis. UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education and Articles 13 and 14 (Right to Education) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2006
- Significance of the Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960), 2005
- Commentary on the Convention against Discrimination in Education, 2005
- Right to Education: Scope and Implementation General Comment 13 on the right to education (Art.13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), 2003
- The Right to Education: An Analysis of UNESCO's Standard-setting Instruments, 2001
- World education report, 2000: The right to education. Towards education for all throughout life, 2000
How is the Right to Education implemented by countries?
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10th Consultation of Countries on the Right to Education (2020)
- Guidelines for the preparation of reports by Member States, 2019
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9th Consultation of Countries on the Right to Education (2017)
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8th Consultation of Countries on the Right to Education (2013)
- Implementing the Right to Education. A Compendium of practical examples (2011-2013), 2016
- The Right to Education and the Teaching Profession, 2015
- The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities, 2015
- Girls’ and Women’s Right to Education, 2014
- Results of the 8th Consultation (available in French), 2013
- Extensive report presenting the results of the 8th Consultation of Member States (2011-2013) (available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish), 2013
- Guidelines for the preparation of reports by Member States, 2011
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7th Consultation of Countries on the Right to Education (2007)
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Previous Consultations (1st-6th Consultations)
- Report presenting the results of the 6th Consultation (1999)
- Report presenting the results of the 5th Consultation (1991)
- Report presenting the results of the 4th Consultation (1985)
- Report presenting the results of the 3rd Consultation (1978)
- Report presenting the results of the 2nd Consultation (1972)
- Report presenting the results of the 1st Consultation (1968)
Support for the review of national laws and policies on the Right to Education
Experts’ reports on the Right to Education
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Reports of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
- The right to education for refugees, 2018
- Governance and the right to education, 2018
- Inclusion, equity and the right to education, 2017
- Realizing the right to education through non-formal education, 2017
- Lifelong Learning and the right to education, 2016
- Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age, 2016
- Public Private Partnerships and the right to education, 2015
- Protecting education against commercialization, 2015
- Privatization and the right to education, 2014
- Assessment of the educational attainment of students, 2014
- Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda, 2013
- Justiciability of the right to education, 2013
- Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), 2012
- Normative Action for Quality Education, 2012
- Financing education and update on education in emergencies, 2011
- Equality of opportunity in education, 2011
- Sexual education, 2010
- The Right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, 2010
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Reports of the Joint expert Group UNESCO (CR) / ECOSOC (CESCR) on the monitoring of the right to education
- Role and Mandate of the Joint Expert Group UNESCO (CR) /ECOSOC (CESCR) on the Monitoring of the Right to Education, 2005
- Final Reports
- 2011 Report English - French
- 2010 Report English - French
- 2009 Report English - French
- 2008 Report English - French
- 2007 Report English - French
- 2006 Report English - French
- 2005 Report English - French
- 2003 Report English – French