communities are not being effectively addressed by States and are depriving them of the most basic access that the right to education binds states to provide. E.g: 1- IDPs children in Colombia cannot attend school without a government issued IDP card. 2- Dominican Children of Haitian descent cannot enroll or pursue schooling because they are denied identity cards. Dominican government is currently pursuing a concerning policy segregation policy- the issuance of a pink birth declaration instead of a white one to children of undocumented mothers. This brief summary of the report leads me to believe that the implementations of effective affirmative action policies to address structure discrimination that impacts access to quality education is an Essential Requirement for an Effective Education Strategy. Also, Report findings are related to denial of identity documents that prevents children from attending and completing school I would suggest adding to the recommendations that the lack of identity documents should not prevent school enrollment and accomplishment. Comments on Draft Recommendations I. Education “Education plays a formative role in socialization for democratic citizenship and represents an essential support for community identity. It is also a primary means by which individuals and communities can sustainably lift themselves out of poverty.” 1. Need to articulate the well-established division between immediate and progressive obligations of States to realize the right to education. And to place the necessary emphasis on immediate duties, especially with regard to non-discrimination and equality. 2. “Recommendations were done in broad terms” Should be done it more specific terms – by means of implementations mechanisms suggestions as in some cases already in the document. 3. “Lift themselves out of poverty” - Need to articulate the issue of school retention and tertiary education, which are fundamental for minorities to lift themselves out of poverty. II. Core principles “The right to education for all is grounded in universal and regional human rights instruments including instruments on minority rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. The core principles of international human rights are fully applicable to the right to education and should be faithfully implemented by States. These include the principles of equality and non-discrimination.”