A/71/358
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Summary
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions
8/4 and 26/17, is devoted to lifelong learning and the right to education. The Special
Rapporteur sheds light on the vision and concept of lifelong learning and highlights
the emergence of the “right to learning”, intertwined with the right to education and
training as a social right. He also examines State responsibility, along with that of
other social partners, for its realization and underlines the key importance placed on
lifelong learning in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Special
Rapporteur also looks at the special role that devolves upon technical and vocational
education and training for skills development and analyses the issues in financing
lifelong learning. Finally, the Special Rapporteur offers a set of recommendations
with a view to promoting learning as a right and its pursuit from a lifelong learning
perspective, in keeping with State obligations as set out in international human rights
instruments.
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