Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 73
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In a world where more than 1.2 billion people are victims of poverty and where the richest 1 per cent of the world's population owns 40 per cent of global assets whereas the bottom half of the world's population owns just 1 per cent of global wealth, prioritizing education as an essential public service is imperative to stop society from being tipped irrevocably into a world that caters only to the needs of the privileged few. A universal approach to the provision of social services is essential to realizing their full potential as a component of transformative social policy.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/402, para. 73.