Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education’s consultation on the cultural dimension of the right to education

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Special Rapporteur on the right to education’s consultation on the cultural dimension of the right to education. Related Content Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education’s consultation on the cultural dimension of the right to educa This submission is based on research and analysis conducted by Human Rights Watch on discrimination against groups of children and adolescents within many education systems, often in the name of culture or tradition, including on barriers to mother-tongue education, discrimination against girls and bullying of…

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