Human Rights Based Approach To Education For All, A: A Framework For The Realization Of Children's Right To Education And Rights Within Education

United Nations Children’s Fund 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected] www.unicef.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France [email protected] www.unesco.org © United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2 Sales no.: E.08.XX.2 Price: $20.00 September 2007 A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO EDUCATION FOR ALL The goal of a human rights-based approach to education is to assure every child a quality education that respects and promotes her or his right to dignity and optimum development. This publication provides a comprehensive framework of strategies and actions necessary to translate children’s right to education and rights within education into legislation, policies and programmes for the attainment of Education for All. A Human Rights-Based Approach to EDUCATION FOR ALL A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education © United Nations Children’s Fund/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007 United Nations Children’s Fund 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected] www.unicef.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France [email protected] www.unesco.org Cover photo: A girl reads outdoors at her school in Kingston, Jamaica © UNICEF/HQ05-0916/Shehzad Noorani Sales number: E.08.XX.2 ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2 Price: $20.00 Permission to reproduce any part of this publication is required. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. Others will be requested to pay a small fee. Please contact the Editorial, Design and Publications Section, Division of Communication, UNICEF New York (address above) Tel: 212-326-7434 Fax: 212-303-7985 Email: [email protected] A Human Rights-Based Approach to EDUCATION FOR ALL A framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education Contents iii CONTENTS Preface and acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii My right to