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Prevention of genocide, para. 48
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- 19. Encourages Governments, in cooperation with international and regional organizations and civil society, while promoting human rights education activities, to continue to disseminate knowledge of the principles of the Convention, paying particular attention to the principles of prevention;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, para. 5
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- Noting the declarations within the United Nations system on cultural diversity and international cultural cooperation, in particular the Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Cooperation and the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1966 and 2001, respectively,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Promoting human rights and Sustainable Development Goals through transparent, accountable and efficient public services delivery, para. 25
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- Noting the importance that multi-sectoral regional and national centres of public excellence can have in deliberating on public service innovation trends and applications, enhance evidence-based institutions and peer-to-peer learning,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights, para. 34
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- 7. Underlines that the primary responsibility lies with States at the national level, including through their constitutional provisions and other enabling legislation, consistent with their international obligations, to ensure that professional public services uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity and are predicated on good governance principles, including impartiality, rule of law, transparency, accountability, participation, inclusivity and combating corruption, and stresses the importance of human rights training and education in this regard;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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Women and legal literacy 1993, para. 9
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- Urges the World Conference on Human Rights, to be held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, to address itself to the issue of legal literacy and services and to include recommendations on legal literacy and services in any plan of action or declaration that it may adopt.
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 1993
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2016, para. 4
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- Welcoming the progress made in achieving the Education for All goals and the related Millennium Development Goals, while recognizing the need to accelerate efforts to complete the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 6
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- Recalls its thematic debate of 18 March 2009 on access to education in emergency, post-crisis and transition situations caused by man-made conflicts or natural disasters;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 11
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- Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/254 of 12 February 2016, and taking note of the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism, which identifies human rights education and training as a strategy for preventing and addressing violent extremism,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2015, para. 4
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- Calls upon all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the post-2015 development agenda fosters the universal realization of the right to education, including by establishing education targets that are specific, measurable, realistic and relevant;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 9
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- Requests the Special Rapporteur to take fully into account, in the discharge of her mandate, all provisions of Human Rights Council resolutions on the right to education and to apply a gender perspective to her work;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2013, para. 3
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- Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 67/18 of 28 November 2012 on education for democracy,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 3
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- Welcomes the convening of the high-level panel discussion on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training: good practices and challenges on 14 September 2016, and the summary report thereon prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 21
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- Commends the contribution of national human rights institutions, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and parliamentarians to the realization of the right to education, including through cooperation with the Special Rapporteur;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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A world fit for children 2002, para. 40.18
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- [To achieve these goals and targets, we will implement the following strategies and actions:] Harness the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies to support education at an affordable cost, including open and distance education, while reducing inequality in access and quality.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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New York Declaration For Refugees and Migrants 2016, para. 8w
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- [The global compact could include, but would not be limited to, the following elements:] Recognition of foreign qualifications, education and skills and cooperation in access to and portability of earned benefits;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2016, para. 14
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- Welcoming the steps taken to implement the right to education, such as the enactment of appropriate legislation, adjudication by national courts, the development of national indicators and ensuring justiciability, as appropriate, of this right,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2016, para. 1
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- Reaffirming its resolution 8/4 of 18 June 2008, and recalling all other Human Rights Council resolutions on the right to education, the most recent of which is resolution 29/7 of 2 July 2015, and the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights on the subject,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2014, para. 8
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- Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2013, para. 6
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- Reaffirming the right to health and education as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2012, para. 2e
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- [Notes with appreciation:] International initiatives to promote quality in education, including at the regional level;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2012, para. 2a
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- [Notes with appreciation:] The report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education on normative action for quality education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2012, para. 3
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- Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 64/290 of 9 July 2010 on the right to education in emergency situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2011, para. 6
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- Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2011, para. 2b
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- [Takes note with appreciation of:] The work of the United Nations treaty bodies in the promotion of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2011, para. 3
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- Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 64/290 of 9 July 2010 on the right to education in emergency situations,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2010, para. 2b
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- [Takes note with appreciation of:] The work of the United Nations treaty bodies in the promotion of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2010, para. 6
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- Mindful of the role that the full realization of the right to education plays in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2008, para. 9g
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- [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years:] To report to the Council on a yearly basis, in accordance with the Council’s programme of work, and to report yearly to the General Assembly on an interim basis;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2008, para. 9b
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- [Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for a period of three years:] To intensify efforts aimed at identifying ways and means to overcome obstacles and difficulties in the realization of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education 2008, para. 3
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- Welcomes the work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion of the right to education at the country, regional and headquarters levels, including the development of a list of indicators on the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2008
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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