A/HRC/44/39 (q) States should ensure the rights of teachers and other education workers, in the public and the private sectors, during and after the crisis, in particular their rights to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work, to form and join trade unions of their choice, to social security, including social insurance, and to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (articles 7, 8, 9 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights); (r) All States and business entities should make sure that preventive and precautionary measures are in place to protect and ensure the right to health, including mental health and well-being, for every education worker and learner, especially at the time of reopening of educational institutions. Special attention should be paid to those at particular risk; (s) Good relationships and mutual trust among Governments, teachers, associations and trade unions of teachers and other education workers, as well as parents and communities, should be established, at both the national and local levels. Permanent lines of dialogue should remain open at all stages of the crisis in order to ensure that the measures adopted are adequate, efficient and acceptable to all. Schools should be reopened in cooperation with teachers and their associations and trade unions; (t) An exercise on lessons learned should be carried out to continue to foster the role of parents and families in the schooling of their children; (u) As a longer-term measure, the role of educational institutions in developing the psychoemotional competencies of all persons and the resilience of societies should be enhanced and taken seriously. 20

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