Treaties and Guidelines Addressing Discipline and Dropout

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Convention on the Rights of the Child - Dignity in Discipline and Reduction of Dropout Rates (Document)

Article 28. Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 44/25 (November 20, 1989). Entry into force September 2, 1990.

General Comment 1, The Aims of Education – Holistic Development, Dignity and Non-Violence (Document)

General Comment 1 to Article 29, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/GC/2001/1 (April 17, 2001).

General Comment 13, The Right to Education – Protection Against Humiliation in Discipline (Document)

General Comment 13 to Article 13, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/C.12/1999/10 (December 8, 1999).

UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) (Document)

Adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 45/112 (December 14, 1990).

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules) (Document)

Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/33 (November 29, 1985).

General Comment 8, Protection from Corporal Punishment and Other Cruel Forms of Punishment (Document)

General Comment 8 to Articles 19, 28, and 37, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/GC/8 (March 2, 2007).

General Comment 10, Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice - Prevention in Schools (Document)

General Comment 10, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, CRC/C/GC/10 (April 25, 2007).