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Lists of Conventions, Charters, and Declarations relevant to giving the child the right to a free and basic education.

EDUCATION AND THE GIRL CHILD Convention on the Rights of the The United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995 marked a turning point for girls

Osaka Declaration Declaration of the International Conference on Human Rights Education in the Asia-Pacific Region. Supporting the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) which promote Human Rights education all around the world.

Women’s Human Rights Resources  Bora Laskin Law Library University of Toronto

Girl Child: Although other sources should not be ignored, The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the main international instrument that deals specifically with children's rights. The Convention is unique in that it explicitly combines social-economic rights with civil-political rights in one instrument. All countries in the world except Somalia and the United States of America have ratified it. Article 2 of the Convention indicates that the rights it recognizes should be guaranteed to both boys and girls without discrimination of any kind. This part of the site identifies materials that relate specifically to the girl-child.

1. Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Article 28 and Article 29.

2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article (26) 1.2

3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Article 13 (2) a.

4. International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. Article 5 (e) v

5. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against women. Article 10 (a-h)

6. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Article 22 1,2

7. Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief. Article 5 (3)(4)(5)

8. The International Labor Organization Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal peoples in independent Countries. Article 28 (1) Article 29

9. Standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of Prisoners. Article 77 (1)

10. The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. Article 17 (1)

11. American Convention on Human rights. Article 19

12. European Social Charter. Article 7 (3)

13. The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. Article 9 (a) (b)

14. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties on Man. Article 12

15. UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960) Article 4 Article 5

(Twenty-Five Human Rights Documents: 1994)