A/HRC/32/37 education and international law. During his stay, he also gave a lecture at Kutafin Moscow State Law University on the right to education. 15. On 12 and 13 October, the Special Rapporteur participated in the international seminar on human rights education organized by the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Government of Indonesia, held in Jakarta. In his address, he discussed the need to promote human rights education through public education policies. 16. On 26 October, the Special Rapporteur addressed the opening session of the fourth International Scientific Congress “Globalistics”, organized on the occasion of celebrations to mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He focused on the right to education and the challenges of globalization, underlining the importance of upholding the ideals and principles of the United Nations. 17. On 27 and 28 October, he addressed the plenary session of the BRICS University Summit, on the theme “Education as a source of global development”, held in Moscow on the occasion of celebrations to mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations. The event was organized by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and a consortium of leading Russian universities. He spoke on the right to education, the importance of skills development, new modalities for recognizing studies and qualifications gained in different places, especially in private higher education institutions, the need for regulating privatization and safeguarding humanistic mission of education. 18. On 4 November, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the Education 2030 high-level meeting organized by UNESCO and held in Paris during the thirty-eighth session of the UNESCO General Conference. He spoke of the current challenges, including privatization, lack of investment and private-public partnerships in education. 19. On 17 November, he gave a speech as a special guest at the meeting of BRICS senior officials on education organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The meeting aimed to create a network of universities. The Special Rapporteur spoke about the right to higher education and proposed public policy responses to the internationalization of higher education. 20. On 23 November, the Special Rapporteur addressed the opening session of the regional consultation and dialogue on a framework for action on Education 2030 for West and Central African countries, organized by the UNESCO regional office in Dakar and partners. He emphasized the need for taking specific measures, including the establishment of monitoring mechanisms, to make progress in implementing the Education 2030 agenda. On 25 November, he addressed the closing session of the regional consultation. 21. On 3 February 2016, the Special Rapporteur held discussions with the Brusselsbased organization Education International on a potential collaboration on the theme of privatization and commercialization of education. During the discussions, the Special Rapporteur and the representatives of Education International spoke of how to jointly promote government accountability in education in the sustainable development agenda and how to collaborate on advocating quality education for all as a fundamental human right. 22. On 15 February, the Special Rapporteur addressed the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, at a seminar on a rights-based approach to education. In his address, he discussed Indian education policy and the challenges it faces in realizing the right to education, particularly regarding its national legal system and the sustainable development agenda. 23. On 10 March, he took part in a discussion on gender equality and international law held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on the occasion of International Women’s Day. He underlined the need for a human-rights based approach that took into consideration critical 5