International instruments

The Fortaleza Declaration  was adopted during the 2024 Global Education Meeting (GEM), held in Fortaleza, Brazil on October, the 31. and November, 1. of 2024.

This document provides an overview of the provisions of the international human rights framework linking the right to education with issues related to the environment and climate change.

In this general comment, the Committee on the Rights of the Child emphasizes the urgent need to address the adverse effects of environmental degradation, with a special focus on climate change, on

Resolution A/HRC/53/L.10 on the right to education was adopted during the 53rd ordinary session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, between 19 June and 14 July 2023. 

On 29 October 2021, the 15-member UN Security council adopted a unanimous resolution, hailed as the first of its kind,

Resolution (A/HRC/47/L.4/Rev.1) of the Human Rights Council entitled ‘The right to education'.

In this general comment, the Committee emphasizes that the rights of every child must be respected, protected and fulfilled in the digital environment.

This document lists the international and regional instruments that refer to the right to higher education.

This document lists the international instruments that refer to the right to education of early childhood care and education (ECCE).