The Right to Education in Treaties and Declarations

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 26 (Document)

Adopted and proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III) (December 10, 1948).

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Article 13 (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2200A (XXI) (December 16, 1966). Entry into force January 3, 1976.

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Articles 28 and 29 (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 44/25 (November 20, 1989). Entry into force September 2, 1990.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Articles 2 and 5 (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2106 (XX) (December 21, 1965). Entry into force January 4, 1969.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Article 10 (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/180 (December 18, 1979). Entry into force September 3, 1981.

American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, Article 12 (Document)

Adopted by the Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogota, Colombia (1948).

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 24 (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 61/106 (December 13, 2006). Entry into force May 3, 2008.

General Comment 9, Rights of Children with Disabilities - Non-discrimination and Full Participation (Document)

General Comment 9, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/GC/9 (February 27, 2007).