Education for Justice and the rule of law
in the context of sustainable development
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particular those affecting youth, with a special emphasis on programmes focused on
increasing educational and employment opportunities for youth and young adults;
5.
Invites Member States, in accordance with domestic legislation, to
encourage strengthened cooperation between the crime pre vention and criminal
justice sectors and the education sector, as well as other relevant sectors, to promote
the integration of education on justice and the rule of law into their education systems
and programmes;
6.
Emphasizes the right to education, recognizes that investment in universal,
quality and inclusive education and training is the most important investment that
States can make to ensure the short- and long-term development of youth, reiterates
that access to inclusive, equitable and quality formal and non-formal education at all
levels, including, as appropriate, catch-up and literacy education, including in
information and communications technologies, for those who did not receive formal
education, information and communications technologies a nd volunteerism are
important factors that enable young people to acquire the relevant skills and to build
their capacities, including for employability and entrepreneurial development, and to
obtain decent and productive work, and calls upon Member States to take the actions
necessary to ensure that young people have access to such services and opportunities,
which will allow them to be drivers of development;
7.
Invites Member States to develop awareness-raising programmes to
convey key values based on the rule of law and supported by educational programmes,
to be accompanied by economic and social policies promoting equality, solidarity and
justice, and to reach out to young people, drawing on them as agents of positive
change;
8.
Also invites Member States to intensify, in line with their domestic legal
frameworks, national and international efforts to eliminate all forms of
discrimination, including racism, religious intolerance, xenophobia and gender related discrimination, by, inter alia, raising a wareness, developing educational
materials and programmes and considering, where appropriate, drafting and enforcing
legislation against discrimination and, to these ends, to strive to achieve all relevant
Sustainable Development Goals, including Goals 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16;
9.
Welcomes the ongoing work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, within its mandate, in the area of education on justice and the rule of law,
including under the Education for Justice initiative, which is a key component of the
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration: Towards the
Promotion of a Culture of Lawfulness;
10. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue its
efforts to promote education on the rule of law and justice in collaboration with the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in particular under
the Global Citizenship Education for the Rule of Law: Doing the Right Thing
partnership, and welcomes in this regard the launch of the joint publi cation entitled
Strengthening the Rule of Law through Education: A Guide for Policymakers ;
11. Notes that the main theme of the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to be held in Kyoto, Japan, in 2020, is
“Advancing crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: towards the
achievement of the 2030 Agenda”, and welcomes the fruitful discussions and
deliberations at the regional preparatory meetings for the Fourteenth Congress on that
subject, particularly those relating to education;
12. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to report on its
activities to promote education on justice in the report of the Secretary -General on
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