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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 130
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- Governments should encourage civil society and non-governmental organizations to play a valuable role in engaging the public in debates on the impact of digital technology on the right to education, giving full consideration to the importance of access, quality and equity in education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 126
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- The obligation of States to provide inclusive, equitable, non-discriminatory education of a high quality for all must be carefully preserved in any implementation of digital technologies in education. The predominance of English in online education negatively affects the provision of education in other languages.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 113
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- In the light of their obligations under the norms and principles of the right to education, States must ensure that digital technologies do not impair universal access to education or equality of opportunity in education. Nor should they be allowed to erode the concept of education as a public good.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 112
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- Digital technologies are negatively affecting the cause of education by impairing the ability of students to contemplate and think critically, by scuttling human values in education and by paving the way for the commodification of education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 121
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- As noted in a recent study, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning should undertake a full-scale investigation of corruption in privatized education and of the fraudulent and corrupt practices of private providers.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 119
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- Punitive measures are necessary to ensure compliance with standards and the law. Sanctions must be applied when private providers perpetuate social injustices, while criminal proceedings are necessary for fraudulent and corruption practices.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 118
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- Prohibitory regulations are necessary to outlaw and stop discriminatory practices, for-profit education and false commercial propaganda. Education is a public function and a social responsibility. No private provider should be allowed to establish for-profit education and aggrandize private interests to the detriment of public interest.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 133
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- In continuity with the report on global corruption in education by Transparency International, UNESCO should undertake a full-scale investigation of corruption in public-private partnerships in education and expose any fraudulent and corrupt practices by private providers through its Education for All Global Monitoring Report.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Assessment of the educational attainment of students 2014, para. 82
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- Teachers are vital to the implementation of the national curricula and in conducting assessments of the educational attainments of students. Teacher training programmes need to be reinforced to enhance not just the pedagogical capacities of teachers, but also their ability to assess the educational attainments of students.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 123
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- Governments should also establish a mechanism to register and process any complaints received with respect to abusive practices by private providers of education and investigate all violations of the right to education.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 118
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- At the 2015 Global Education for All Meeting, it would be propitious to build upon the final statement of the 2014 Meeting, which recognized that "the State is the custodian of quality education as a public good" and to develop that concept in its various dimensions, including the social responsibility of private providers of education.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 117
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- Education benefits both the individual and society and must be preserved as public good so that the social interest is protected against the commercial interests in privatized education. Public authorities should not allow private providers to vitiate the humanistic objectives of education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 115
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- The monitoring function of the State should be aimed at upholding the fundamental principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity in education in order to ensure that the liberty set out in international instruments to establish educational institutions does not lead to extreme disparities in educational opportunity for some groups in society.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 110
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- Following the study "Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: what can be done?", the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning should undertake a full-scale investigation of corruption in private education institutions and fraudulent practices of private providers of education.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 111
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- The promotion of equality of opportunity in education requires an emphasis on inclusive approaches and the adoption of positive measures, including affirmative action and social schemes, targeting disadvantaged and vulnerable groups to ensure that they have equitable access to education.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 110
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- Post-2015 agendas for education must address marginalization and exclusion in education with equitable approaches in favour of the marginalized and the vulnerable. States have the responsibility to provide an education without discrimination or exclusion.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2012, para. 86
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- This is a fundamental principle enshrined in almost all United Nations human rights treaties, and it is of paramount importance in face of persistent disparities and growing inequalities in education. The system of technical and vocational education and training should admit of no discrimination or exclusion, and learning opportunities should be equally accessible to all.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Financing education and update on education in emergencies 2011, para. 99
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- Those in charge of the provision of education in emergencies must consider the requirements for meeting quality educational standards. Dedicated attention must be paid to improving school curricula, promoting human rights education and addressing the psychosocial needs of students and teachers.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers 2010, para. 76
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- Fundamental also is the need for all States to foster the view in all learning settings, whether formal or non-formal, that cultural and linguistic diversity is a resource from which individuals and groups can build strong and supportive sustainable communities.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 88b
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- [The Special Rapporteur also recommends:] That the Human Rights Council should request States to provide information on progress made and problems encountered in their efforts to ensure their people's enjoyment of the right to comprehensive sexual education on the occasion of the Universal Periodic Review; and
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 87a
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- [On the basis of these conclusions, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States should]: Eliminate legislative and constitutional barriers to ensuring their people's enjoyment of the right to comprehensive sexual education by adopting and strengthening legislation aimed at guaranteeing that right without any form of discrimination;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 75
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- [On the basis of the foregoing remarks, the Special Rapporteur considers that:] International human rights standards clearly establish the human right to comprehensive sexual education, which is indivisible from the right to education and is key to the effective enjoyment of the right to life, health, information and non-discrimination, among others.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 109
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- In the 1998 World Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century: Vision and Action, signatories called upon higher education institutions to give the opportunity to students to fully develop their own abilities with a sense of social responsibility, educating them to become full participants in democratic society and promoters of changes that will foster equity and justice.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 123
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- When States alone cannot fully meet public demand for education, community schools should be encouraged, as they can play a meaningful complementary role. Public authorities should, therefore, engage with communities for the realization for the right to education. Similarly, the foundations of public utilities established for philanthropic motives should be encouraged to contribute to education as a public good.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 122
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- National legislation establishing the right to basic education has been developed in many countries as part of the Education for All process. Governments must be encouraged to carry that process further so that education laws are modernized to address education quality, financing, the provision of technical and vocational education and training, the regulation of private providers of education and lifelong learning.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 118
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- Exploding demands for education have led to an exponential growth of private providers of education. A comprehensive and sound regulatory framework for controlling private educational institutions and ensuring their conformity with norms and standards is required. While preserving public interest in education, a system of effective sanctions in the case of abusive practices by private providers of education must exist.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2012, para. 90
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- States should adopt comprehensive legal frameworks in line with international norms and standards. Such frameworks should establish the roles and responsibility of various State and non-State actors involved in the provision of technical and vocational education and training, with consultation mechanisms for meaningful participation of all social partners and multiple stakeholders, including community and local bodies.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 87c
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- [On the basis of these conclusions, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States should]: Ensure the inclusion of comprehensive sexual education from primary school onwards, taking into account secondary school enrolment rates, the age of first intercourse and other variables in a context of respect and adaptability based on the age of students and the capacities associated with their levels of emotional and cognitive development;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 125
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- In the context of the universal periodic review mechanism of the Human Rights Council, critical attention should be given to digital technology and the right to education in the dialogue with States. Governments should be encouraged to take the measures necessary to safeguard the right to education, to maintain education as a public good and to take action whenever the right to education is compromised as a result of the application of digital technologies.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 119
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- States should address issues of access, quality and equity in the use of digital technology in education and ensure that students' right to education is exercised in an equitable manner and that it is fully respected. There is a great risk that technology will widen inequalities in society if an equitable approach to its use is not adopted. State obligations for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the right to education should be a priority concern.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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