The rights of the child 2015, para. 49c

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[Calls upon all States to give full effect to the right to education for all children and in particular:] To take all appropriate measures to eliminate obstacles to effectively accessing and completing education, such as the cost of education, hunger and poor nutrition, distance from home to school, the institutionalization of children, armed conflicts, all forms of violence in school, insufficient infrastructure, including lack of access to water and sanitation, the lack of adequate and physically and otherwise accessible schooling facilities for girls, and child labour or heavy domestic work, and to ensure that children who are institutionalized also enjoy their right to education;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Humanitarian
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2015), A/RES/70/137, OP 49c.
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OP
Paragraph number
49c