The protection of the right to education by international law : including a systematic analysis of Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights / by Klaus Dieter Beiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beiter, Klaus Dieter.

Series:

International studies in human rights ; v. 82.

International studies in human rights ; v. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right to education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (786 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A trend has emerged of not defining education as a “human right” anymore, but of rather calling it a “human need”. This has paved the way for an ever increasing commercialisation of education, excluding the poor from access to education. A problem at a different level is that states often do not know what is expected of them when realising the right to education as protected by international law. This relates to the complex nature of this right, which is simultaneously a civil and political and an economic, social and cultural right. This book seeks to affirm education as a “human right” and to describe the various state duties flowing from the right to education. It refers to the provisions on the right to education found in instruments of international law and systematically analyses article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The book is of interest to students, teachers, researchers, legal practitioners and state and international officials dealing with international human rights law.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. History and Nature of the Right to Education

Chapter Three. The Right to Education and the Disputed Category of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Chapter Four. The Protection of the Right to Education by International Legal Instruments

Chapter Five. The Protection of the Right to Education by Regional Legal Instruments

Chapter Six. The Protection of the Right to Education by Legal Instruments of the United Nations Specialised Agencies

Chapter Seven. Promoting the Right to Education at the International Level

Chapter Eight. The Supervisory System of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Chapter Nine. The General Provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Chapter Ten. Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: the Right to Education

Chapter Eleven. The Right to Education in the Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Chapter Twelve. Strengthening Education as a Human Right, and Improving the Supervision of Article 13 of the Icescr under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Annex

Outline of Structure

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xi]-xxxiv) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39646-3

9786612396465

90-474-1754-2

OCLC:

567548753

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004147041.i-738 DOI