International Law

By Eleanor , 30 June 2021

Strengthen the legal framework at national and international level for universal access to quality and inclusive ECCE, urge participants at RTE’s CIES Conference panel

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One out of two children do not receive pre-school education. This situation has worsened due to the mass closure of preschools education due to the COVID 19 pandemic, affecting more than 155 million pre-school age children. But, in many countries the education response strategy to COVID 19 relatively neglected early childhood care and education (ECCE).

By Mlequintrec , 12 April 2016

UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education and Article 13 & 14 of the ICESCR (Right to Education): A Comparative Analysis

The Joint Expert Group UNESCO (CR)/ECOSOC (CESCR) on Monitoring of the Right to Education in its Second Meeting in May 2004 stated that both the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the Convention against Discrimination in Education (CADE) needed to be carefully examined in a comparative perspective. This should be guided by the General Comments and the Revised Guidelines of CESCR used for monitoring work and the new guidelines for monitoring the implementation of CADE.

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By Mlequintrec , 12 April 2016

The Right to Education: Leaflet

As an integral part of UNESCO’s Constitutional mission for ensuring “full and equal opportunities for education for all”, the realisation of the Right to Education is one of the biggest developmental challenges, as millions of children and adults remain deprived of basic education in today’s learning societies.

This document is a short leaflet on the right to education.

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International Law