Sexual education 2010, para. 61

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Regrettably, the rights perspective is very rarely included in sexual education programmes, which are usually limited to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and unwanted pregnancy. Although this approach is necessary in order to achieve enjoyment of the right to health and for the purposes of family planning, it cannot be the principal reason for including sexual education in the curriculum. Sexual education should be considered a right in itself and should be clearly linked with other rights in accordance with the principle of the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights.
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
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/162, para. 61.
Paragraph number
61