Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the provision that establishes education as a fundamental human right, outlining its aims, accessibility, and role in promoting equality and respect for human freedoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedAt Paris ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedDuring United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III) ⓘ
adoptionDate 1948-12-10 ⓘ
affirms parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children ⓘ
aimsTo combat ignorance and prejudice ⓘ
promote equality through education ⓘ
appliesTo all persons ⓘ
concerns accessibility of education ⓘ
equality in education ⓘ
non-discrimination in education ⓘ
definesAimOfEducation full development of the human personality ⓘ
furthering the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace ⓘ
promotion of friendship among all nations ⓘ
promotion of racial groups and religious groups understanding ⓘ
promotion of tolerance ⓘ
promotion of understanding ⓘ
strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
emphasizes education as a means to promote international understanding ⓘ
education as a means to promote peace ⓘ
education as a means to promote tolerance among groups ⓘ
hasThreeParagraphs true ⓘ
influenced Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
inspired constitutional provisions on the right to education in many countries ⓘ
language English (authoritative version) ⓘ
legalNature non-binding declaration norm ⓘ
paragraph1Focus access to education and levels of education ⓘ
paragraph2Focus aims and purposes of education ⓘ
paragraph3Focus parental rights in education ⓘ
partOf Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
proclaims right to education ⓘ
promotes respect for fundamental freedoms ⓘ
respect for human rights ⓘ
protects children’s right to education ⓘ
equal access to higher education ⓘ
recognizes merit-based access to higher education ⓘ
relatedRight right of parents to religious and moral education of children ⓘ
right to non-discrimination ⓘ
scope universal ⓘ
setsStandardFor national education systems ⓘ
states education shall be free at least in the elementary and fundamental stages ⓘ
elementary education shall be compulsory ⓘ
everyone has the right to education ⓘ
higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit ⓘ
technical and professional education shall be made generally available ⓘ
underpins global education policies ⓘ
international human rights law on education ⓘ

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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → areRecognizedIn → Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ