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Title: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education for All

Subtitle: A Framework for the realization of children's rights to education and rights within education


Author(s): UNICEF; UNESCO

Publisher: 2007, United Nations Children's Fund/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Pages: 1-148

ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2

Rights-based approaches have recently become a focus within the education sector and is now high on the agenda of the international community. This publication is intented to guide the dialogue between  the United Nations Development Group and Education for All (EFA) partnerships and facilitate a breakthrough from ‘right to education’ rhetoric to accelerated interventions for attaining the EFA goals and the Millennium Development Goals related to education.  

This publication provides a comprehensive framework of strategies and actions required to translate children's rights to education and rights within education into legislation, policies and programmes for the attainment for Education for All. The first chapter provides a brief historical overview of the right to education, international commitments and key aspects of a rights-based approach to development. It also focuses on applying the rights-based approach to education policy and programming. The second chapter continues by introducing a conceptual framework for the rights-based approach to education. Chapter 3 addresses state obligations. Lastly, chapter 4 concentrates on stakeholders, parents, communities, teachers, civil society organisations and the international community and how they can contribute to the realisation of the right to education.




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