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CRIN’s latest bulletin tells us that, in its 29th session, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the « protection of the family». Entitled « The protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development », this resolution is a cover attempt for certain States to narrow the definition of the family and to restrict the rights of the individuals among the family, en particular those of women and children.

Adopted as orally revised by a vote of 29 in favour, 14 against and 4 abstentions, this resolution « is based on the protection of the family rather than the person despite the State’s primary responsibility to protect the rights of the individual within the family cell.

« During a session on protecting education from commercialisation and the need to safeguard education as a public good, it was stated that privatisation bred exclusion, undermining the right to education as an entitlement. In the ensuing dialogue, speakers stressed that the responsibility of implementing the right to education rested with States and not with private educational institutions, underlining the importance of free quality education for all. »

The Council passed a resolution urging States to regulate and monitor private education providers. This resolution recognise the potential “wide-ranging impact of the commercialization of education on the enjoyment of the right to education”.

Reference : CRINmail 142 www.crin.org/en/home/what-we-do/crinmail/childrens-rights-united-nations-142#family