EDUCATION RIGHTS education); CESCR General Comment No. 13, para. 32. 43 Tomasevski, K., Human Rights Obligations: Making Education Available, Accessible, Acceptable and Adaptable, Right to Education Primer 3, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, 2001, www.right-to-education.org. 44 HRC, General Comment No.18 on Non-Discrimination, UN doc. HRI/GEN/I/Rev.7 (2004), 1989 , para. 13. 45 ICERD, Art. 2(2). 46 HRC, Waldman v Canada, Communication 694/1996, UN doc. A/55/40 vol.II 86. 47 ICESCR, Art. 13(1), General Comment No. 13, para. 4. 48 Ibid., para. 6. 49 UNDM, Art. 4 (4). 50 ILO Convention No. 169, Art. 31. 51 CRC Committee, General Comment No. 1 on The Aims of Education, UN doc. CRC/GC/2001/1, para. 4. 52 CERD, Concluding Observations on Croatia, UN doc. A/57/18 (2002) 24; the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, UN doc. A/52/18 (1997) 67; CRC Committee, Concluding Observations on Greece, UN doc. CRC/C/114 (2002), 25; Guatemala, UN doc. CRC/C/108 (2001) 47. 53 CRC Committee, Concluding Observations on Greece, ibid. 54 CRC Committee, UN doc. CRC/C/114 (2002). 55 Cyprus v. Turkey, Application no. 25781/94, Judgement, Strasbourg, (May 2001). 56 Ross v. Canada, HRC Communication 736/1997, ICCPR, UN doc. A/56/40 vol. II, 2000, 69. 57 FCNM, Art. 14(1). 58 Ibid., Art. 14(2). For an overview of the positive interpretation of this instrument see Wilson, D., Educational Rights of Persons Belonging to National Minorities (Report for the 5th anniversary of the entry into force of the FCNM), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2003. Available at: www.coe.int. 59 ILO Convention No. 169, Art. 28(1). 60 Ibid., Art. 28(2) and CRC Committee, Concluding Observations on: fYR Macedonia, CRC/C/94, 2000, para. 45. 61 Education in a Multilingual World, UNESCO, Paris, 2003. 62 Stavenhagen, R., Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, UN doc. E/CN.4/2002/97, para. 64. 63 Such institutions exist in around 50 countries, although their mandates vary. Interview with Brian Burdekin, former Special Adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on National Institutions. Available at: www.rwi.lu.se. 64 See for example the case study on the Russian Federation at the end of this chapter. 65 There will also be complaints mechanisms under the Migrant Workers’ Convention once enough states accept this. 66 See Wilson, D, Minority Rights in Education, op.cit. 65

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