International instruments

CEDAW: General Recommendation 28

2010
CEDAW

This General Recommendation by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women aims to clarify the scope and meaning of Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1966
United Nations General Assembly
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) guarantees in its Article 18 the freedom of thought, conscience and religion in teaching and recognises the liberty o

Convention on the Rights of the Child

1989
United Nations General Assembly
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) applies for children under 18. It recognises education as a legal right to every child on the basis of equal opportunity.