The protection of the right to education by international law : : including a systematic analysis of Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights /

The protection of the right to education by international law : : including a systematic analysis of Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights / / by Klaus Dieter Beiter.

A trend has emerged of not defining education as a “human right” anymore, but of rather calling it a “human need”. This has paved the way for an ever increasing commercialisation of education, excluding the poor from access to education. A problem at a different level is that states often do not kno...

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Superior document:International studies in human rights ; v. 82
:
Beiter, Klaus Dieter.
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:International studies in human rights ; v. 82.
Physical Description:1 online resource (786 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Chapter One. Introduction
  • Chapter Two. History and Nature of the Right to Education
  • Chapter Three. The Right to Education and the Disputed Category of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Chapter Four. The Protection of the Right to Education by International Legal Instruments
  • Chapter Five. The Protection of the Right to Education by Regional Legal Instruments
  • Chapter Six. The Protection of the Right to Education by Legal Instruments of the United Nations Specialised Agencies
  • Chapter Seven. Promoting the Right to Education at the International Level
  • Chapter Eight. The Supervisory System of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Chapter Nine. The General Provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Chapter Ten. Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: the Right to Education
  • Chapter Eleven. The Right to Education in the Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Chapter Twelve. Strengthening Education as a Human Right, and Improving the Supervision of Article 13 of the Icescr under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Annex
  • Outline of Structure
  • Index.

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