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(e)
Strengthening access to appropriate remedies and reparation for victims of
violations of the right to education;
(f)
Supporting research and awareness-raising activities to better understand the
wide-ranging impact of the commercialization of education on the enjoyment of the right to
education;
3.
Welcomes:
(a)
The work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, and takes note
of his latest report, on protecting education from commercialization;1
(b)
The work of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special
procedures in the promotion of the right to education;
(c)
The work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion of the right to education at the country,
regional and headquarters levels;
(d)
The contribution of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant bodies towards
attaining the goals of the Education for All agenda and education-related Millennium
Development Goals;
4.
Calls upon all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the post-2015 development
agenda fosters the universal realization of the right to education, including by establishing
education targets that are specific, measurable, realistic and relevant;
5.
Reaffirms the obligations and commitments to take steps, individually and
through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the
maximum of available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization
of the right to education by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of
legislative measures;
6.
Calls upon States to take all necessary measures, including sufficient
budgetary allocations, to ensure inclusive, equitable and non-discriminatory quality
education, and to promote learning opportunities for all;
7.
Expresses its dismay at the aggravation of attacks, including terrorist attacks,
on educational institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizes the grave impact
that such attacks have on the full realization of the right to education, in particular of
women and girls, and reiterates its condemnation in the strongest terms of all such attacks;
8.
Urges all States to comply with their responsibilities under international law,
and also urges them to strengthen the protection of schools and universities, as well as other
educational settings, from attacks by reviewing national laws to ensure that attacks on
schools and universities are criminalized, where appropriate; investigating attacks on
schools and universities, and prosecuting and punishing those responsible, as
appropriate; making every effort to collect reliable relevant data with respect to attacks on
schools and universities; and providing assistance to victims, on a non-discriminatory basis,
towards the full realization of the right to education;
9.
Recognizes ongoing efforts and initiatives towards strengthening protection
of schools and universities against attacks, and encourages States to continue to develop
efforts in this regard;
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