A/HRC/23/35 I. Introduction 1. This report is presented pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 8/4 and 17/3 and to the Special Rapporteur’s initial report (A/HRC/17/29 and Corr.1) , in which he identified justiciability of the right to education as one of the issues to be examined during his mandate. The Special Rapporteur examines questions related to enforcement of the right to education and highlights the available jurisprudence at the national, regional and international levels. The report focuses on some key dimensions of the right to education. In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur offers recommendations for making the justiciability of the right to education and its enforcement more effective. 2. The enjoyment of the right to education is often least accessible to those who need it most – disadvantaged and marginalized groups and, above all, children from poor families. It therefore requires enforcement in case of its breaches or violations. These can occur on numerous grounds, and involve all providers of education. Even primary education is not provided worldwide, despite being a core obligation of States. The right to education also encompasses secondary and tertiary education, which must be progressively implemented where immediate rea lization is not possible. Fundamental principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity in education must be respected under all circumstances, and education provided must be of good quality. All providers of education – public or private – remain accountable for respecting the right to education in its various dimensions. 3. As such, the Special Rapporteur would like to underline the important role that adjudication plays in the effective realization of the right to education, and in ensuring that it is given effect to. He considers it vital to improve access to justice for all those whose right to education is not fully protected and respected. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 4. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur unde rtook missions to Tunisia and Ecuador. He also reported to the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly (A/67/310). His report addressed the issue of technical and vocational education and training from a right to education perspective. It detailed hu man rights obligations underlying the right to education and the provision of technical and vocational education and training, primarily at the secondary level. 5. The Special Rapporteur participated in a number of public events on education and continued collaborating with States, international organizations and non governmental organizations (NGOs). 6. In March 2012, he delivered the Foundation Day Lecture in the Foundation Day function of the National Commission for Protection of the Child Rights, in N ew Delhi, India. In the same week, he participated as a speaker in a consultation on right to quality in education, organized by the Right to Education Forum in New Delhi. 7. In May, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Shanghai, China, and was moderator of the session on new developments regarding international instruments and normative action on technical and vocational education. He gave a speech at a side-meeting on “Beyond 2015: Perspectives from the role of TVET and skills development in the international development agenda”. At the end of May, he delivered a keynote speech at the opening session of the “Fourth International Policy 3