The right to education: international standards and their influence on the constitutional legislation of the member states of the Council of Europe

Abstract

The article draws attention to the UN Charter, which proclaims the task of reaffirming faith in basic human rights, in the dignity and value of the human person, in the equality of men and women, and in the equality of rights of large and small nations. Attention is focused on the principle of UN activity - implementation of international cooperation in the promotion and development of respect for human rights and basic freedoms for all, without distinction of race, sex, language and religion. International acts on human rights of a universal nature are characterized, in which for the first time at the international level everyone’s right to education was enshrined: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966, the Convention against Discrimination in Education of 1960, the Convention on the rights of the child of 1989. Attention is drawn to the minimum standards of the right to education that the state must ensure. The relationship between the right to education, which was first enshrined at the international level in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and human dignity and the value of the human personality is defined. Emphasis is placed on the right to education and criteria for determining the degree of respect and observance of fundamental norms related to this human right throughout the world. The article also raises the question of the influence of international standards of the right to education on the constitutional legislation of the member countries of the Council of Europe - Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine and other countries.

Keywords

• the right to education
• equality
• children’s rights
• the prohibition of discrimination
• the mechanism of ensuring the right to education
• international standards of the right to education