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First UN Forum on Minority Issues Minorities and the Right to Education

This article discusses the legal framework, including UNESCO instruments and the Dakar Framework for Action, that safeguards the right to education for minority groups. It also explores the inclusive dimensions of this right, such as ethnic, cultural, and linguistic minorities, and provides insights into the main challenges, including de facto equality of opportunity and the need for respect of cultural and linguistic diversity.

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First UN Forum on Minority Issues Minorities and the Right to Education

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  1. First UN Forum on Minority IssuesMinorities and the Right to Education Legal Framework by Kishore Singh, UNESCO 15 December 2008

  2. UNESCO Instruments • UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education – (Art. 5 c) > Right of national minorities to carry on their own educational activities > Understanding the culture and language of the community as a whole • Other Instruemts adopted by UNESCO • Dakar Framework for Action > Collective commitment for right to education of minority children

  3. Experience in Monitoring the implementation of the right to education of Minorities Results of the Seventh Consultation of Member States on the measures taken for the implementation of 1960 Convention (covering the period 2000-2005)

  4. Inclusive dimensions of the right to education and rights of minorities • Ethnic, cultural and linguistic minorities, • Disadvantaged, marginalized groups and minorities • Universal right to education, without discrimination or exclusion

  5. Main challenges • De facto equality of opportunity: positive measures, etc. and consideration pertaining to equity • Right to education and mother tongue – based multilingual education • Respect for cultural and linguistic diversity • Social cohesion

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