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Terrorism and human rights, para. 38
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- 18. Urges States and the international community and encourages civil society to take measures, as appropriate, including through education, awareness-raising, the media and human rights education and training, to promote a culture of peace, justice and human development, ethnic, national and religious tolerance, and respect for all religions, religious values, beliefs and cultures, and to effectively address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism and that make individuals and groups more vulnerable to the effects of terrorism and to recruitment by terrorists;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence against, persons based on religion or belief, para. 30
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- 7 (a) Encouraging the creation of collaborative networks to build mutual understanding, promoting dialogue and inspiring constructive action towards shared policy goals and the pursuit of tangible outcomes, such as servicing projects in the fields of education, health, conflict prevention, employment, integration and media education;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Freedom of religion or belief, para. 42
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- 12. Calls upon States to make use of the potential of education for the eradication of prejudices against and stereotypes of individuals on the basis of their religion or belief;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Freedom of religion or belief, para. 38
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- 9 (l) To promote, through the educational system and other means, mutual understanding, tolerance, non-discrimination and respect in all matters relating to freedom of religion or belief by encouraging, in society at large, a wider knowledge of different religions and beliefs and of the history, traditions, languages and cultures of the various religious minorities existing within their jurisdiction;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 33
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- 11. Invites States to adopt effective strategies to prevent the destruction of cultural heritage by, inter alia, ensuring accountability, documenting the cultural heritage within their jurisdiction, including through digital means, implementing educational programmes on the importance of cultural heritage and cultural rights and training military forces and humanitarian actors in all relevant rules concerning the protection of cultural heritage, both during and in the aftermath of armed conflict;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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The negative impact of corruption on the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, para. 24
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- 14. Calls upon States, in the training of law enforcement personnel, judges, prosecutors and other relevant public officials, to include education and information regarding the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to enhance their awareness of how the risks of corruption in the performance of their functions may increase the risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2018
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 8
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- Recognizes that the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which specifically includes human rights education under Goal 4, target 7, provides an opportunity for promoting human rights education, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training and other existing global frameworks for action, including the World Programme for Human Rights Education, coordinated by the Office of the High Commissioner, and the global citizenship education programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as other regional and national initiatives in the field, and stresses the need to promote synergies among them;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 2d
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- [Urges all States to give full effect to the right to education by, inter alia, complying with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education by all appropriate means, including by taking measures, such as:] Assessing the quality of education, including non-formal education mechanisms and programmes, including through independent assessments, and taking appropriate remedial or other action to address policies or practices that prevent the enjoyment of the right to education by, inter alia, engaging with existing national human rights mechanisms, parliamentarians and civil society;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 6
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- Urges the High Commissioner and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to step up collaboration with States, upon request, in order to build their capacity for human rights education and training;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 7
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- Calls upon States to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 4, in order to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning for all;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 2b
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- [Urges all States to give full effect to the right to education by, inter alia, complying with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education by all appropriate means, including by taking measures, such as:] Creating an enabling policy environment, as appropriate, for the recognition, validation and accreditation of knowledge, skills and competencies acquired through non-formal and informal learning, in order for such learning to be recognized and used in the formal education system or the job market;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 4
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- Encourages States and all other stakeholders to strengthen the implementation of all phases of the World Programme for Human Rights Education;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 18
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- Encourages States to consider justiciability when determining the best way to give domestic legal effect to the right to education;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 2e
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- [Urges all States to give full effect to the right to education by, inter alia, complying with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education by all appropriate means, including by taking measures, such as:] Putting in place a regulatory framework for education providers, including those operating independently or in partnership with States, guided by international human rights obligations, that establishes, at the appropriate level, inter alia, minimum norms and standards for the creation and operation of educational services, addresses any negative impact of the commercialization of education and strengthens access to appropriate remedies and reparation for victims of violations of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 19
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- Acknowledges the role that communications procedures can play to promote the justiciability of the right to education, and in this regard calls upon all States that have not yet signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider doing so as a matter of priority;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 12
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- Reaffirms the obligations and commitments to take steps, individually and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the right to education by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 14
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- Stresses the importance of international cooperation, including the exchange of good practices, and of technical cooperation, capacity-building, financial assistance and technology transfer on mutually agreed terms in the realization of the right to education, including through the use of information and communications technology;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 5
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- Welcomes the efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and Member States in advancing human rights education and training globally, including through the promotion of national implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, methodological and training support, capacity-building and technical assistance;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 7
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- Reiterates the need to strengthen international cooperation and coordination in order to advance human rights education and training as a necessary tool for the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages States to provide, upon request, technical support to countries willing to implement nationally the plans of action adopted in the context of the World Programme on Human Rights Education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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World Programme for Human Rights Education 2017, para. 9
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- Also recognizes that the World Programme for Human Rights Education can contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and encourages the Office of the High Commissioner, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to continue to support States’ efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda, including Goal 4, target 7 thereof;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 2c
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- [Urges all States to give full effect to the right to education by, inter alia, complying with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education by all appropriate means, including by taking measures, such as:] Contemplating non-formal and informal learning in the context of emergency response plans, in order to ensure that education continues to be delivered;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 4
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- Further urges all States to regulate and monitor education providers and to hold accountable those whose practices have a negative impact on the enjoyment of the right to education, and to support research and awareness-raising activities to better understand the wide-ranging impact of the commercialization of education on the enjoyment of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to privacy in the digital age 2017, para. 5h
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- [Calls upon all States:] To promote quality education and lifelong education opportunities for all to foster, inter alia, digital literacy and the technical skills required to protect effectively their privacy;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2017, para. 2e
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- [Urges all States:] To provide adequate access to water and safe, separate and quality sanitation facilities in schools, and to promote appropriate hygiene behaviour, since school water supply and sanitation are essential elements of basic education;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 1
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- Calls upon all States to take all measures to implement Human Rights Council resolutions on the right to education with a view to ensuring the full realization of this right for all;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 5
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- Calls upon States to promote technical vocational education and training, as well as apprenticeship, by implementing appropriate policies and programmes, as a means of ensuring the realization of the right to education;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4 2017, para. 16
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- Encourages all States to measure progress in the realization of the right to education, such as by developing national indicators as an important tool for the realization of the right to education and for policy formulation, impact assessment and transparency;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl 2017, para. 6
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- Encourages international cooperation to complement the efforts of States in matters relating to education, in particular with a view to effectively eliminating all forms of discrimination and stereotypes in education, and supports the efforts of the United Nations system in this regard;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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The right to work 2016, para. 15
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- Stresses that technical and vocational education and guidance are necessary measures for the realization of the right to work for all;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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The right to education 2016, para. 2d
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- [Urges all States to give full effect to the right to education by, inter alia, complying with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education by all appropriate means, including by taking measures, such as:] Assessing the quality of education, including online or Internet education and certification, including massive open online courses, and taking appropriate remedial or other action to address policies or practices that prevent the enjoyment of the right to education by, inter alia, engaging with existing national human rights mechanisms, parliamentarians and civil society;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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