A/HRC/15/60
2.
Takes note with appreciation of:
(a)
The report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education on the right to
education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers6 and his interim report to the General
Assembly;7
(b)
education;
The work of the United Nations treaty bodies in the promotion of the right to
(c)
The work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion of the right to education at the country,
regional and headquarters levels;
(d)
The contribution of the United Nations Children’s Fund and of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization towards attaining the Millennium
Development Goals of achieving universal primary education and eliminating gender
disparity in education and the goals of the Education for All initiative, agreed upon at the
World Education Forum;
(e)
The work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees in ensuring access to education for refugees and asylumseekers in accordance with its mandate and relevant provisions of international refugee law;
3.
Urges all relevant stakeholders to increase their efforts so that the goals of the
Education for All initiative can be achieved by 2015, by, inter alia, tackling persistent
economic and social inequalities, including on the basis of such factors as income, gender,
location, ethnicity, language and disability, and notes the role that good governance can
play in this regard;
4.
Encourages all States to ensure the right to education, an imperative in its
own right, of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as of internally displaced
persons, including, in accordance with their international obligations, by making every
effort:
(a)
To eliminate discrimination against such persons in their access to all types
and levels of education;
(b)
system;
To foster the successful integration of such persons into the regular school
(c)
To develop educational strategies that address the specific educational needs
of such persons, including women, children and persons with disabilities;
(d)
quality;
To promote and facilitate the access of such persons to education of good
(e)
To remove barriers to the education of such persons, including language
barriers, by, inter alia, ensuring that education systems promote tolerance and respect
diversity, in particular religious and cultural diversity, respect and promote human rights
and provide for the necessary flexibility concerning documentation requirements for the
purpose of participation or registration in the education system;
(f)
To promote research on the educational experience and needs of such
persons, and to develop or improve mechanisms to monitor their learning outcomes;
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A/HRC/14/25 and Corr.1 and Add.1-4.
A/64/273.
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