africa/global: commission urges states to give effect to education

The Commission on Human Rights in Geneva adopted during its during its 59th session a resolution on the right to education. In this resolution, adopted without a vote, the Commission, among other things, urged all States to give full effect to this right and to guarantee that it was recognised and exercised without discrimination of any kind; to take all appropriate measures to eliminate obstacles to effective access to education, notably by girls, including pregnant girls, children living in rural areas, children belonging to minority groups, indigenous children, migrant children, refugee children, internally displaced children, children affected by armed conflicts, children with disabilities, children affected by infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, sexually exploited children, children deprived of their liberty, children living in the street, and orphaned children, taking all measures to prohibit explicitly any form of discrimination.