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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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The rights of the child 2015, para. 44 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Notes that evidence has shown that the States that have made the biggest investments in education are those that have achieved the highest gains in national income, economic growth and poverty reduction as well as in human development outcomes; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Underlines that full access to inclusive and equitable quality education and the promotion of lifelong learning at all levels is an essential precondition for achieving sustainable development and for the full realization of the right to education; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The rights of the child 2006, para. 21e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
The rights of the child 2004, para. 21e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
The rights of the child 2003, para. 25h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
The rights of the child 2015, para. 37 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms that education is a fundamental human right, a basis for guaranteeing the realization of other human rights and is essential for sustainable development and the promotion of peace and tolerance, as well as key to achieving full employment and poverty eradication; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The right to privacy in the digital age 2016, para. 5h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [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 effectively protect their privacy; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Member States to implement gender-sensitive policies and programme interventions, in order to ensure that populations affected by emergency situations have equal access to safe, quality and relevant education; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recommends that Member States ensure access to education in emergency situations to all affected populations, in accordance with their obligations under international law and without discrimination of any kind; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Considering that quality education can mitigate the psychosocial impact of armed conflicts and natural disasters by providing a sense of normalcy, stability, structure and hope for the future, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
A world fit for children 2002, para. 40.3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [To achieve these goals and targets, we will implement the following strategies and actions:] Bridge the divide between formal and non-formal education, taking into account the need to ensure good quality in terms of educational services, including the competence of providers, and acknowledging that non-formal education and alternative approaches provide beneficial experiences. In addition, develop complementarity between the two delivery systems. | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States, as primary duty-bearers, to ensure the realization of the right to education in all phases of emergency situations, in a manner that meets the essential needs of the affected populations, recognizing the role of the donor community and humanitarian agencies in assisting those efforts; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests Member States to ensure that the best possible systems of education are in place, including through the allocation of sufficient resources, the appropriate adaptation of curricula and training of teachers, the implementation of risk assessments, disaster preparedness programmes in schools, the legal framework for protection, and health and basic social services, so as to withstand emergencies; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizing the importance of the promotion of human rights education and learning at all levels, including through the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, as appropriate, and encouraging all States to develop initiatives in that regard, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, despite the progress made in recent years towards achieving the goals of the Education for All initiative agreed upon at the World Education Forum, held in Dakar in April 2000, the level of funding for international education goals is inadequate, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The right to education in emergency situations 2010, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Underscoring the fact that the Convention on the Rights of the Child must constitute the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child and that the requirements for the realization of the right to education, pertinent also to emergency situations, are set out in articles 28 and 29 of that Convention, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2003, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the obligation of States parties under article 10 of the Convention to ensure education and training for personnel who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2002, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the obligation of States parties under article 10 of the Convention to ensure education and training for personnel who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2001, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the obligation of States parties under article 10 of the Convention to ensure education and training for personnel who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2000, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the obligation of States parties under article 10 of the Convention to ensure education and training for personnel who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2000 | ||
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 1999, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Emphasizes the obligation of States parties under article 10 of the Convention to ensure education and training for personnel who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The right to development 1999, para. 12d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Reaffirms that, in the full realization of the right to development, inter alia:] Education is also an essential factor for the political, social, cultural and economic development of all people, and the Assembly recognizes that science and technology are important for ensuring growing levels of knowledge and must be put to use in the service of education; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1999 | ||
The rights of the child 1996, para. 67 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages, in particular, Governments to take the necessary legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to provide for a minimum age or minimum ages for admission to employment, appropriate regulations of the hours and conditions of employment and appropriate penalties or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of these measures; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
The rights of the child 1995, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that legislation per se is not enough to prevent violations of human rights and that Governments should implement their laws and complement legislative measures with effective action, inter alia, in the fields of law enforcement and in the administration of justice, and in social, educational and public health programmes, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. States Parties shall promote and encourage international cooperation in matters relating to education, in particular with a view to contributing to the elimination of ignorance and illiteracy throughout the world and facilitating access to scientific and technical knowledge and modern teaching methods. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs of developing countries. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Each State Party shall include this prohibition in the rules or instructions issued in regard to the duties and functions of any such person. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1984 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [2. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that, with a view to achieving the full realization of this right:] (e) The development of a system of schools at all levels shall be actively pursued, an adequate fellowship system shall be established, and the material conditions of teaching staff shall be continuously improved. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [2. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that, with a view to achieving the full realization of this right:] (d) Fundamental education shall be encouraged or intensified as far as possible for those persons who have not received or completed the whole period of their primary education; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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