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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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European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the grounds of sex, the Parties undertake to recognise that right and to take appropriate measures to ensure or promote its application in the following fields:
b. vocational guidance, training, retraining and rehabilitation; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The States Parties to this Protocol agree that education should be directed towards the full development of the human personality and human dignity and should strengthen respect for human rights, ideological pluralism, fundamental freedoms, justice and peace. They further agree that education ought to enable everyone to participate effectively in a democratic and pluralistic society and achieve a decent existence and should foster understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups and promote activities for the maintenance of peace. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to work, the Parties undertake:
4. to provide or promote appropriate vocational guidance, training and rehabilitation. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | States Parties undertake to adopt immediate and effective measures, particularly in the fields of teaching, education, culture and information, with a view to combating prejudices which lead to racial discrimination and to promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial or ethnical groups, as well as to propagating the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and this Convention. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1965 | ||
ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965, para. e (v) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights:] (e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: (v) The right to education and training; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1965 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to education. They agree that education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the sense of its dignity, and shall strengthen the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. They further agree that education shall enable all persons to participate effectively in a free society, promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups, and further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall ensure systematic and comprehensive civic education in order to encourage full participation of social groups with special needs in democracy and development processes. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to vocational training, the Parties undertake:
4. to provide or promote, as necessary, special measures for the retraining and reintegration of the long-term unemployed; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall have the duty to promote and ensure through teaching, education and publication, the respect of the rights and freedoms contained in the present Charter and to see to it that these freedoms and rights as well as corresponding obligations and duties are understood. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1981 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | No part of this Article shall be construed as to interfere with the liberty of individuals and bodies to establish and direct educational institutions subject to the observance of the principles set out in Paragraph I of this Article and the requirement that the education given in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the States . | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of this right and shall in particular: provide free and compulsory basic education | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Everyone has the right to education. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 3a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The States Parties to this Protocol recognize that in order to achieve the full exercise of the right to education: a. Primary education should be compulsory and accessible to all without cost; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of this right and shall in particular: make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity and ability by every appropriate means; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of this right and shall in particular: encourage the development of secondary education in its different forms and progressively make it free and accessible to all; | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1990 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The law may regulate the exercise of the rights and opportunities referred to in the preceding paragraph only on the basis of age, nationality, residence, language, education, civil and mental capacity, or sentencing by a competent court in criminal proceedings. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
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. 2a | 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:] (a) Primary education shall be compulsory and available free to all; | 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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| 1966 | ||
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2c | 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:] (c) Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education; | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law: d. the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational supervision or his lawful detention for the purpose of bringing him before the competent legal authority; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1950 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Nothing in this Protocol shall be interpreted as a restriction of the freedom of individuals and entities to establish and direct educational institutions in accordance with the domestic legislation of the States Parties. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. No part of the present article or article 28 shall be construed so as to interfere with the liberty of individuals and bodies to establish and direct educational institutions, subject always to the observance of the principle set forth in paragraph 1 of the present article and to the requirements that the education given in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the State. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1989 | ||
Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance 2013, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The States Parties undertake to formulate and implement policies the purpose of which is to provide equitable treatment and generate equal opportunity for all persons in accordance with the scope of this Convention, including policies of an educational nature, labor or social measures, or any other kind of promotional policies and the dissemination of legislation on the subject by all possible means, including the mass media and the Internet. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 2013 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Each Party shall establish and/or strengthen effective policies and programmes to prevent trafficking in human beings, by such means as: research, information, awareness raising and education campaigns, social and economic initiatives and training programmes, in particular for persons vulnerable to trafficking and for professionals concerned with trafficking in human beings. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2005 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 3b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The States Parties to this Protocol recognize that in order to achieve the full exercise of the right to education: b. Secondary education in its different forms, including technical and vocational secondary education, should be made generally available and accessible to all by every appropriate means, and in particular, by the progressive introduction of free education; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 |