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The right to education. Education is a basic human right that works to raise men and women out of poverty, level inequalities and ensure sustainable development. But worldwide 244 million children and youth are still out of school for social, economic and cultural reasons. Education is one of the most powerful tools in lifting excluded children ...
- What You Need to Know About The Right to Education
Education as a fundamental human right is enshrined in the...
- International Legal Instruments
The United Nations and UNESCO have initiated the majority of...
- Protection of The Vulnerable
Education is a human right to which everyone is entitled, at...
- The Effects of Climate Change and Displacement
According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, in...
- The Role of Non-State Actors
This is reaffirmed by the rights-based Incheon Declaration...
- Monitoring The Implementation of Norms and Standards
Protect her rights, strengthen your laws: Her Atlas: status...
- Legal Action Developing Norms and Standards
In accordance with UNESCO’s Constitution, the Executive...
- Supporting Countries in Reviewing and Developing Education Legal and Policy Frameworks
UNESCO develops and monitors education norms and standards...
- What You Need to Know About The Right to Education
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- Child Rights
- Resources
- Definition of a Child
- Equal Right
- Responsibility
- Right to Life
This article is about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which explains who children are and all their rights. It also highlights the responsibilities of governments to protect these rights and ensure that every child can enjoy them.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an agreement by countries to protect children’s rights, including who children are and all their rights. All rights are connected and equally important.
Explore resources for parents and teachers on child rights.
A child is any person under 18 years old.
All children have equal right no matter who they are or where they live, etc., no one should treat them unfairly for any reason.
When adults make decisions, they should think about how it affects children; governments must do all they can to ensure every child in their country enjoys all the rights in this convention; governments should let families guide their children so that as they grow up, they learn to use their rights properly.
Every child has the right to be alive; registered when born with officially recognized name and nationality; stay in contact with both parents if not living together unless harmful; travel between countries if needed without being taken out illegally against law or kidnapped by someone else.
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
A child’s right to education entails the right to learn. Yet, for too many children across the globe, schooling does not lead to learning. Over 600 million children worldwide are unable to attain minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, even though two thirds of them are in school.
The Right to an Education is one of the most important principles in becoming a Rights Respecting School. Education is a key social and cultural right and plays an important role in reducing poverty and child labour. Furthermore, education promotes democracy, peace, tolerance, development and economic growth. There are a number of articles in ...
6 - Child Rights Education Toolkit: Rooting Child Rights in Early Childhood Education, Primary and Secondary Schools Foreword The child rights education concept speaks to UNICEF’s global child rights mandate and should be embedded in our global approach to advocacy. It provides space to engage constructively
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Education has a vital role in empowering women, safeguarding children from exploitative and hazardous labour and sexual exploitation, promoting human rights and democracy, protecting the environment, and controlling population growth. Increasingly, education is recognized as one of the best financial investments States can make. But the ...
