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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 111
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- Governments should foster the possibility for any entity or individual to initiate legal action in the case of abusive practices by private providers as public-interest litigation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Lifelong learning and the right to education 2016, para. 104
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- In line with a normative framework, Governments should adopt the necessary policies and strategies for lifelong learning. A number of frameworks from countries mentioned in the present report may serve as inspiration but should be implemented in consultation with interested stakeholders to address each State's circumstances.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 127
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- The Special Rapporteur would like to urge the United Nations human rights treaty bodies to give special consideration during their dialogues with States to the negative impacts of private providers and whether their operations are regulated and controlled in accordance with human rights law and internationally established frameworks of the right to education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 113
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- Guided by principles of social justice and equity, as well as human rights law, regulating private providers is essential to mitigate the potentially deleterious and negative effects on students, education systems and societies. In this, Governments can be inspired by numerous decisions by courts and emerging jurisprudence.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 139
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- The State remains primarily responsible for fulfilling the right to education on account of its international legal obligations. It must discharge its responsibility as the guarantor and regulator of education as a fundamental human right of every child.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 138
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- Public sector borrowing is normally the lowest-cost way to raise money and improving tax collection and reducing national and international tax avoidance can do more to increase education spending than any amount of private investment. Financial support for education can also be mobilized through corporate social responsibility.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 136
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- Parliamentarians, in particular members of education commissions or committees, play a key role in laying down regulatory frameworks for public-private partnerships in education. They should ensure that the right to education is fully respected, protected and fulfilled in their country.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 135
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- The human rights treaty bodies should give special consideration in their dialogues with States to examining their reports for linkages between public-private partnerships and increased privatization, with a view to identifying any repercussions for the right to education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 134
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- Governments should strengthen existing human rights mechanisms, such as national human rights institutions and ombudspersons, or create special mechanisms to regularly oversee the operations of public-private partnerships in education, with suo motu investigatory powers to look into alleged violations by private partners and any abusive practices.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Public-private partnerships in education 2015, para. 128
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- States must create a comprehensive regulatory framework to control public-private partnerships in education that is prescriptive, prohibitive and punitive. Laws and policies in many countries should be modernized to respond adequately to the challenges of public-private partnerships.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Assessment of the educational attainment of students 2014, para. 88
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- Regarding periodic reviews of national curricula, the Special Rapporteur recommends that: Governments periodically review their national curriculum to ensure that its contents are updated and in conformity with the values and objectives of education laid down in international human rights conventions and as expounded by the United Nations treaty bodies and relevant agencies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 126
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- Parliamentarians, in particular members of education commissions or committees, should attach greater importance to the right to education, bearing in mind the concepts and principles outlined in the present report. Their advocacy for a regulatory framework for private providers of education through laws and policies would be very valuable.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 124
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- The operations of private providers are justiciable. There are numerous court decisions to that effect. Public-interest litigation centred around breaches of the right to education and abusive practices by private providers must be promoted and supported in an endeavour to reinforce the justiciability of operations of private providers of education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- 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. 122
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- In an endeavour to regulate private providers of education, Governments should strengthen existing human rights mechanisms or create special mechanisms, with a mandate to regularly oversee operations of private providers. Such mechanisms should have suo moto investigatory power. Governments should implement recommendations made by such mechanisms.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- 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.
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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. 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.
- 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. 108
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- To that end, States should strengthen human rights control mechanisms to allow them to look into the negative impact of privatization and, especially, to ensure that private providers remain respectful of minimum standards in education and quality norms and that they are not allowed to charge exorbitant fees.
- 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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 101
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- The Special Rapporteur would like to emphasize that the delegation by States of their obligation to provide education to for-profit providers may be contrary to their international obligations. The effects of privatization in education must receive foremost consideration in public policies, bearing in mind the principles and norms underpinning the right to education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Justiciability of the right to education 2013, para. 82l
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- [Bearing in mind the key importance of the justiciability of the right to education and its enforcement, and with a view to fostering protective as well as promotional role of adjudication mechanisms, the Special Rapporteur would like to offer the following recommendations:] Parliamentarians have an important role to play in fostering democratic perception of the justiciability of the right to education. Their primary role is to promote legislation which implements the right to education into the domestic legal framework. However, they may also encourage governments to refer alleged legislative deficiencies to courts for advice, they can support and promote national human rights institutions and civil society actors, and they can promote public legal aid for rights-based claims. Perhaps most importantly, they can lend their democratic legitimacy to legal and quasi-legal decisions on the right by promoting government action on recommendations and legal findings. In many cases, a legal decision places a requirement on governments to enact policy and legal changes to protect the rights of citizens. Support of the legislative branch provides democratic strength for these decisions, and publicizes the importance of the right to education among the population.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- 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. 128
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- A defining feature of a human rights-based approach to development is characterized by accountability. A rights-based approach presupposes that the rights are legally defined and are enforceable. It is therefore important that post-2015 education goals and targets be made enforceable in a national context.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 126
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- Accountability should be a cornerstone of the post-2015 development agenda, with emphasis on mechanisms to hold Governments accountable to their commitments. Existing legal obligations must be operationalized in goals and targets along with the development of national action plans and programmes with benchmarks for the progressive realization of the right to education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 124
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- Existing legal obligations must be operationalized in goals and targets to assess progress in achieving the right to a quality education. Goals and targets for progressive implementation should require Governments to annually report on progress through indicators. Where possible, indicators should include benchmarks that must be reached within an agreed time frame.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 107
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- Bearing in mind the importance of operationalizing such a conceptual approach, and the perspectives on education goals presented in the present report, the Special Rapporteur would like to offer the following recommendations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report on the Post-2015 Education Agenda 2013, para. 105
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- The human rights-based approach being embraced in the ongoing discussions on the post-2015 development agenda is a decisive advance over the way the Millennium Development Goals were formulated. Such an approach has special importance in terms of human rights law and State obligations, and the consequent accountability of Governments to live up to their commitments.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2012, para. 91
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- Such a legal framework could consider promoting public-private partnership, with policies and incentives encouraging the private sector to collaborate with public authorities. Moreover, institutionalized collaboration between technical and vocational education and training schools and industry and enterprises should be established.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2012, para. 87
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- This principle is crucial in devising and operationalizing the system of technical and vocational education and training, with the involvement of social partners and multiple stakeholders. It emanates from human rights law as also from ILO and UNESCO instruments relating to technical and vocational education and training.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers 2010, para. 82
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- [Regarding the legal and normative framework, the Special Rapporteur is of the view that:] • There is a need for the development of mechanisms that permit the monitoring of the implementation of binding legislation and obligations regarding the right to education for migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 87i
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- [On the basis of these conclusions, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States should]: Take note of the declaration on "Preventing through Education", signed by the Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008, endorse the commitments established therein and launch a similar initiative within the framework of the United Nations; and
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual education 2010, para. 84
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- [On the basis of the foregoing remarks, the Special Rapporteur considers that:] Concerning the form in which the topic is addressed, relatively traditional strategies, such as lectures, predominate although more active, participatory approaches have gradually been included in some cases.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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