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The Right to Education for Minorities: An Overview on Existing Recommendations from The Hague to Geneva

The Right to Education for Minorities: An Overview on Existing Recommendations from The Hague to... Verena Wisthaler * Th e Right to Education for Minorities: An Overview on Existing Recommendations from Th e Hague to Geneva I. Introduction Education is a broad concept without a clear defi nition. Nevertheless it is of utmost importance to us all. First, through the development of the second generation of human rights, education itself gained the status of a fundamental right: states are under an obligation not only to protect, but also to promote and provide for economic, social and cultural rights such as the right to work, the right to housing and the right to education. Second, as stated by Manfred Nowak, education is a “precondition for 2 3 the exercise of human rights” and is aimed at “strengthening human rights”. Enjoying civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to vote, and so on, depends on a minimum of education and literacy. However, in her Preliminary Report (on the right to education) the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Katarina Tomaševski, sees education from the human rights viewpoint, as an end in itself, rather than merely a means for achieving other ends. Th e right to education http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online Brill

The Right to Education for Minorities: An Overview on Existing Recommendations from The Hague to Geneva

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Verena Wisthaler * Th e Right to Education for Minorities: An Overview on Existing Recommendations from Th e Hague to Geneva I. Introduction Education is a broad concept without a clear defi nition. Nevertheless it is of utmost importance to us all. First, through the development of the second generation of human rights, education itself gained the status of a fundamental right: states are under an obligation not only to protect, but also to promote and provide for economic, social and cultural rights such as the right to work, the right to housing and the right to education. Second, as stated by Manfred Nowak, education is a “precondition for 2 3 the exercise of human rights” and is aimed at “strengthening human rights”. Enjoying civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to vote, and so on, depends on a minimum of education and literacy. However, in her Preliminary Report (on the right to education) the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Katarina Tomaševski, sees education from the human rights viewpoint, as an end in itself, rather than merely a means for achieving other ends. Th e right to education

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European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online – Brill

Published: Feb 9, 2011

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