Education

Core Documents

African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

American Convention on Human Rights

American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man

Arab Charter of Human Rights

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Documents

Treaties

Convention against Discrimination in Education

Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (ILO Convention 169)

Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture (ILO Convention 10)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Instruments

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National, Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

World Declaration on Education for All and Framework for Action to Meet Basic Learning Needs

UN Reports and Resolutions

Preliminary Rapport of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education (1999)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education (2002)

UN Treaty Body General Comments & Recommendations

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment 13 on the Right to Education

Judgments of International Courts

Permanent Court of International Justice

Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania

Regional Documents

Regional Treaties

First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights

San Salvador Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights

Judgements and Decisions by Regional Courts and Bodies

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

World Organization Against Torture et al v Zaire

Other Documents

Masstricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

World Trade Organization Documents

General Agreement on Trade in Services

Other Online Resources

Human Rights Obligations: Making Education Available, Accessible, Acceptable and Adaptable (K. Tomaševski)

Right to Education

The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education

Trade in Higher Education Services: The Implications of GATS (J. Knight)