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A Rights Based Approach to Education

All children have the right to quality education in an inclusive setting. This Right is ensured through the following legally binding documents that are also the basis for IDPN's work.

These approaches are internationally based on:

• The Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• The Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (1989)
• The Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993)
• The Salamanca Statement (1994)
• Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
• The Dakar Education for All Framework (2000)
• Millennium Development Goals (2000)
• The Hyogo Framework for Action (2005)
• The Recommendations of the International Symposium on Inclusion and the Removal of Barriers to Learning, Participation and Development (2005)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
• The Bonn Declaration of the International Conference: Disasters are always Inclusive. Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergency Situations (2007)
• Biwako Plus Five: Further Efforts Towards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free and Rights-Based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific (2007)
• The Bonn Declaration of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (2009)

Regionally based upon:

• The Bangkok Declaration of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Conference (SEAMEO) (2004)
• The SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia (2005)
• The Bali Declaration on the Enhancement of the Role and Participation of the Persons with Disabilities ASEAN Community (2010)