A/C.3/70/L.28

The General Assembly,

III Right to education

37. Reaffirms that education is a fundamental human right, a basis for guaranteeing the realization of other human rights and is essential for sustainable development and the promotion of peace and tolerance, as well as key to achieving full employment and poverty eradication;
 
38. Reaffirms the human right of everyone to education, which is enshrined in, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,35 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,3 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour of the International Labour Organization,30 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,9 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,36 the International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,37 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,4 and in other relevant international instruments;

39. Welcomes the attention paid to the right to education of children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization and all relevant special representatives of the Secretary-General, as well as special procedures mandate holders, including the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, in particular, the human rights treaty bodies and the operational activities of the United Nations system on the issue;