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237 The international human right to education and education concerning human rights DOUGLAS HODGSON * [T]he child's right to education ... is ... a require- ment of human dignity. It is unacceptable that in this world of ours, possessing a store of scientific and technological knowledge unprecedented in history, there should be, side by side with privi- leged people commanding access to the resources of knowledge, hundreds of millions, not only of boys and girls, but also of men and women, who are denied the possibility of simply learning to read and to write.1 1. Introduction In 1954 the United States Supreme Court stressed the fundamental impor- tance of education for all in the famous case of Brown v. Board of Education2 and asserted that "[i]n these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he [or she] is denied the opportunity of an education".3 The concept of education can, of course, be variously defined. Education can be defined in the broad sense to encompass "all activities by which a human group transmits to its descendants a body of knowledge and skills and a moral code which enable that group
The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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