Financing education and update on education in emergencies 2011, para. 4
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The right to education is an internationally recognized right and the provision of adequate financial resources is essential to its realization. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of everyone to education, which shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, States have undertaken international legal obligations for the fulfilment of the right to education through various human rights instruments and assumed the responsibility of providing the resources required for its realization.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/269, para. 4.