Conveying the Right to Education. Recommendations from the International Conference on Public Instruction in the Interwar Period

Authors

  • Isabel Carrillo Flores Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (Espanya)

Keywords:

International Bureau of Education, International Conferences on Public Instruction, interwar period, human rights, right to education.

Abstract

Education, as a human right, has been built up dialectically throughout history owing to the impulse of political and pedagogical changes which, in response to the devastating effects of wars, has sought to form more democratic, just environments that would enable its expression. Based on the generational significance of human rights, in this article the right to education is endowed with content as a moral and legal right; a fundamental, universal and indivisible right which is given fully when the indicators that define it are expressed with full intensity: that education must be affordable, accessible, acceptable and adaptable. Using these indicators as units of analysis, a review is made of the paper from the International Bureau of Education founded in Geneva in late 1925 with the aim of promoting a new education system. Specifically, a study is made of the contribution to international debate and the influence in national policies entailed by the celebration of the International Conferences on Public Instruction and the Recommendations that are passed in the interwar period.

Key words: International Bureau of Education, International Conferences on Public Instruction, interwar period, human rights, right to education.

Author Biography

Isabel Carrillo Flores, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (Espanya)



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No. 27 (2016): gener-juny

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Monographic theme

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