Drepturile Omului (Jun 2019)
The right to education revisited
Abstract
The first section of the article is an analytical description of the handbook on education published by UNESCO in 2019. A special emphasis is placed on the legal specifics of this fundamental human right, reflected by numerous international law instruments and embedded in the 2030 Agenda, which summarises the sustainable development goals set by the UN. Fulfilling the right to education is one of the most important goals of this policy document, and UNESCO has an active role in transposing this right. The second part of the article is a summary of Romania`s initiative introduced at the UN in 1979-1981, when, along with many other developing countries, it submitted a resolution on the right to education. The resolution was a point of interest for UNESCO, the organisation that presents to the UN specialised reports on implementing this right and on methods to universally apply this right in member states.
