Education
A Human Rights-Based Approach to
EDUCATION FOR ALL
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education © United Nations Children’s Fund/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
United Nations Children’s Fund 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA pubdoc@unicef.org www.unicef.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France , bpi@unesco.org www.unesco.org Cover photo: A girl reads outdoors at her school in Kingston, Jamaica © UNICEF/HQ05-0916/Shehzad Noorani Sales number: E.08.XX.2 ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2 Price: $20.00 Permission to reproduce any part of this publication is required. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. Others will be requested to pay a small fee. Please contact the Editorial, Design and Publications Section, Division of Communication, UNICEF New York (address above) Tel: 212-326-7434 Fax: 212-303-7985 Email: nyhqdoc.permit@unicef.org
A Human Rights-Based Approach to
EDUCATION FOR ALL
A framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education
Contents
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CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii My right to learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1: Human rights and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Education as a human right . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION FOR ALL
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education © United Nations Children’s Fund/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
United Nations Children’s Fund 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA pubdoc@unicef.org www.unicef.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France , bpi@unesco.org www.unesco.org Cover photo: A girl reads outdoors at her school in Kingston, Jamaica © UNICEF/HQ05-0916/Shehzad Noorani Sales number: E.08.XX.2 ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2 Price: $20.00 Permission to reproduce any part of this publication is required. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. Others will be requested to pay a small fee. Please contact the Editorial, Design and Publications Section, Division of Communication, UNICEF New York (address above) Tel: 212-326-7434 Fax: 212-303-7985 Email: nyhqdoc.permit@unicef.org
A Human Rights-Based Approach to
EDUCATION FOR ALL
A framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education
Contents
iii
CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii My right to learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1: Human rights and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Education as a human right . . . . . . . . . . .
Bibliography: 111 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Ownership, harmonisation, alignment, results and mutual accountability, 2005 Beijing + 10 Declaration, 2005