In the spirit of emphasizing participation, we would like to encourage the addition of a standard addressing the need for parents to have: 1) access to information about their children’s school records, including what has been written about their behavior and disciplinary history; 2) the right to participate in disciplinary decisions regarding their children; 3) the right to suggest alternative discipline strategies that stress positive behavioral support, meeting mental health needs, restorative justice, and maintaining children’s dignity; and 4) access to mediation and/or an independent ombudsperson to ensure fairness and due diligence in determining the discipline meted out to their children. All of this is necessary to weaken the unfortunate connection between the American public education system from the juvenile and adult prison system. There must be an explicit commitment to requiring ways and means to overcome obstacles and difficulties in the fulfillment of the human right to education. The complexity with which violations of the human rights of minority children, youth, and parents occur concurrently exacerbates the educational crisis for non-white minorities in the United States. This predicated our NGO’s formation nearly nine years ago, our adoption of the human rights framework, and our passionate belief in not only the human right to education, but also its necessary enforcement by governmental authorities beyond the local and state or provincial levels, but nationally and internationally. We look forward to a refreshed, international, cross-sector analysis and assessment of the current progress towards fulfillment of the human right to education specifically for minorities. We enthusiastically support and commend the attention and weight that have been and are being paid to this right by the U.N. Independent Expert and the Forum on Minority Issues. We request that as the recommendations proceed for international consideration, that the voices of NGOs and our constituents continue to be represented, reflected, heard, and understood. We also pray for conviction and courage to root