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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [122] finds that the Philippines is fulfilling 79.0% of what it should be for the right to education based on the country's income level. [123] HRMI breaks down the right to education by examining the rights to both primary and secondary education.
The commission is guided by an Education, Legislation and Policy Advisory Council, selected by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a pool of recognized experts from the following sectors: the academe, the business sector, government education agencies, heads of LGUs, and from civil society organizations and development partners engaged in education.
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
Education is seen both as a human right and as "an indispensable means of realizing other human rights", and so this is one of the longest and most important articles of the Covenant. [ 52 ] Article 13.2 lists a number of specific steps parties are required to pursue to realise the right of education.
Article 19 – individuals have the right to freedom of expression, including the right to choose any language as the medium of expression. Article 26 – everyone has the right to education, with relevance to the language of medium of instruction. Linguistic rights can be applied to the private arena and the public domain.
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, is one of the most important sources of economic, social and cultural rights. . It recognizes the right to social security in Article 22, the right to work in Article 23, the right to rest and leisure in Article 24, the right to an adequate standard of living in Article 25, the right to education in ...
UNICEF Philippines is one of Philippine's offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund ().Being one of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia [citation needed], it works to uphold the rights of children in the Philippines, including their right to education, healthcare, protection from abuse and exploitation.
Article 1 defines "discrimination" as any distinction, exclusion, limitation or preference on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, origin national or social status, economic status or birth. However, the article indicates a number of situations which are not to be considered to constitute discrimination.