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

In view of the trend of demoting education from "human right" to "human need" and the accompanying commercialisation of education, and the complex nature of the right to education under international law, entailing a freedom and a social aspect, this book seeks to affirm education as a "human right" and to describe the various state duties flowing from the right to education, by referring to the provisions on the right to education found in instruments of international law and by systematically analyzing article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Product details

• Authors: Klaus Dieter Beiter
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2005
• EAN: 9789004147041
• ISBN: 978-90-04-14704-1
• No. of pages: 786
• Weight: 1488 g
• Series: International Studies in Human
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education