International Examples of Rights-Based Education

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A Law Against Discrimination and Degrading Treatment in Sweden (Document)

Act Prohibiting Discrimination and Other Degrading Treatment of Children and School Students (2006:67), Swedish Code of Statutes (Issued: February 16, 2006).

The Children's Ombudsman in Sweden Monitors Schools and Addresses Complaints from Individual Children (Document)

Office of the Children's Ombudsman, Appointment approved by the Swedish Parliament in The Children's Ombudsman Act (1993:335).

Luxembourg Incorporates Human Rights into their Education Law (Document)

Project on Basic School Law, National Ministry of Education and Professional Formation, Luxembourg (October 2003).

Education Law in Scotland Incorporates the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Document)

Standards in Scotland's Schools Act 2000, Passed by the Scottish Parliament on June 7, 2000.

Austrian Law Protects Dignity in Discipline and Provides Mental Health Services (Document)

State Party Report, Austria, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/11/Add.14 (June 26, 1997). Section VII, Para 381

Education Reform in France Uses Student Contracts and Support Programs to Reduce Dropout (Document)

Principles and Methods of the Education Priorities Policy (in French), National Ministry of Education, France (March 30, 2006).

Teaching Human Rights to Prevent Discipline Problems in Japan (Document)

"To Cultivate Children's Sound Minds that Develop a New Era, A Crisis of Losing Confidence in Bringing up Next Generation," Interim Report of the Central Council for Education, Japan

Policies to Prevent Dropout in Denmark include Flexible Curriculum, Counseling and Student Participation (Document)

"What Works - Education and Training of the Residual Group," Danish Ministry of Education (August 1999).

European Commissioner Urges Support for Teachers to Provide Human Rights Education (Document)

"Support Teachers for Rights Based Schools," Statement by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, on the occasion of World Teachers Day (October 5, 2006).

Students in a London School Participate in School Policies and Interview Perspective Teachers (Document)

"School where pupils select staff," BBC News (Wednesday, March 8, 2006).

British Mother Goes to European Court of Human Rights to Get Her Son an Adequate Education (Document)

"The ADHD dilemma for parents," BBC News (Sunday, October 22, 2006).

France Promotes Mediation Programs to Reduce Conflict in Schools (Document)

Presentation on Mediation (in French), Education Priorities, National Ministry of Education, France (September 2006).