A/HRC/32/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, prepared pursuant to
Council resolution 26/17. The report addresses issues and challenges to the right to
education in the digital age, with a focus on higher education. It considers how the norms
and principles that underlie the right to education should be upheld while embracing digital
technologies.
The report concludes with recommendations for ensuring that the use of digital
technology in education is in keeping with State obligations on the right to education.
GE.16-05577(E)
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