DOCUMENT RESUME ED 429 960 SP 038 462 TITLE Education Is a Human Right. EI Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector, 1998. INSTITUTION Education International, Brussels (Belgium). PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 362p. AVAILABLE FROM Education International, 155, Bd Jacqmain, 1210 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: [email protected] PUB TYPE Reports Geeral (140) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC15 Pius Postage. DESCRIPTORS Access to Education; *Child Labor; Children; *Civil Liberties; Elementary Secondary Education; *Equal Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Teacher Associations; *Unions IDENTIFIERS Education International (Belgium) ABSTRACT This report focuses on the extent to which the right to education is available to children, young people, and adults and the extent to which educators enjoy fundamental human and trade union rights set outin the major international deliberations and conventions. The report seeks to acknowledge the contributions of teachers and education support staff. For each country where Education International has members, the report examines these issues and also highlights the extent of child labor. The appendix presents information on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and various International Labor Organization Conventions related to child labor and labor rights (e.g., collective bargaining, equal pay, employment discrimination, minimum age, and indigenous and tribal peoples). 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Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. li - 't , , .e -- ° 4:1 :t A BTCOPYAVA1LABLF El Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector Education International is a world trade union organisation for the education sector. Education International is the biggest International Trade Secretariat with more than 23 million members from 284 member organisations in 149 countries and territories. Baromètre de PIE sur les droits humains et syndicaux dans le secteur de l'éducation Barómetro de la 1E sobre los derechos humanosy sindicales en el sector de la educación Reproduction of all or part of this pub- lication is permitted without authorisa- tion. However, credit should be given,to El and copies sent to the secretariat. 3 49 4), Vt 0ni pz rn Human and Trade Union Rights: The Education Internationalperspective 0 Education and human rightsare inextricably intertwined.The right to education is 77 enshrined in the Universal Declaration of HumanRights. 0 Quality education underpins sustainabledevelopment, democracy and theexer- cise of fundamental human rights. Equally, qualityeducation for all can only devel- op and flourish where there is an environment ofrespect for human and trade union rights. Children's rights and their wellbeingare closely linked to those of their families, but also to those of their teachers. Inmany countries, often at great personal cost, teachers and education support staffare at the forefront of the struggle for basic trade union and human rights. Thisreport seeks to acknowledge their contribu- tions and make visible their role. It also aimsto draw inspiration and hope from their efforts- to show that a commitment to the interests of every child, to qual- ity education and to effective trade unionorganisation can make a difference. In publishing what we plan to bea regular report on human and trade union rights in the education sector, Education Internationalis not duplicating the invaluable work done by Amnesty International, theInternational Confederation of Free Trade Unions and others. Insteadwe are drawing on their work, building on it and we hope complementing it.This report focuseson the extent to which the right to education is available to children, toyoung people and adults and the extent to which educators enjoy fundamental humanand trade union rights set out in the major international declarations and conventions. It also highlights the extent of child labourin every country where Education International has members. Some of the informationis so horrifying that if we know about it and fail to do everything inour power to stop child labour, then we are in fact complicit in its perpetuation. The juxtapositioning of those threeelements - access to education, child labour and trade union rights for teachers andother education staff- reflects their inter- relationship and Education International'sconviction that progress in onearea cannot be sustained without progress in the others. 1998 is the 50th anniversary of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights and of ILO Convention 87 on Freedom ofAssociation and the Right to Organise. This report is an acknowledgement of the continuingimportance in all our lives of those two great international standards.By highlighting educationas a fundamen- tal human right and by showing therelationship between the rightto education, child labour, and a fair deal for educators,the report is intended to bea useful tool in the campaign for fundamental humanand trade union rights, including the right to quality education for all. Mary Hatwood Futrell Fred van Leeuwen President General Secretary 71 Zambia 99 , ;.,,,.....-introduction 7 .1." ...:. \ ...,...-_- iimbabwe 101 ,._.,. ,,,?, CCi "- ,,,,\- riftlea 11 , m ', , ,, fpia's, Pacific 103 Y: ,,' .k4i.,--.:-10 ,,,, , /Algeria 13 , 1 !Australia 105 .4, CD Angola 15 'Bangladesh 107 -in Benin 17 Brunei 109 Botswana 19 China - Hong Kong 111 Burkina Faso 21 Cook Islands 113 Burundi 23 Fiji 115 India 117 Cameroon 25 Indonesia 121 Cape Verde 27 Japan 125 Central African Republic 29 Kiribati 129 Chad 31 Korea (South Korea) 131 Congo-Brazzaville 33 Malaysia 133 Congo-Kinshasa 35 Mongolia 135 C6te d'Ivoire 37 Nepal 137 Djibouti 39 New Caledonia 139 Egypt 41 New Zealand 141 Eritrea 43 Pakistan 143 Ethiopia 45 Papua New Guinea 145 Gabon 49 The Philippines 147 Gambia 51 Samoa 149 Ghana 53 Singapore 151 Guinea 55 Solomon Islands 153 Guinea-Bissau 57 Sri Lanka 155 Kenya 59 Taiwan 157 Lesotho 61 Thailand 159 Liberia 63 Tonga 161 Malawi 65 Tuvalu 163 Mali 67 Vanuatu 165 Mauritius 69 urope 167 Morocco 71 Mozambique 73 _ 169 Namibia 75 ---A6stria 171 173 Niger 77 Belgium Bulgaria 175 Nigeria 79 Croatia 177 Rwanda 81 Cyprus 179 Senegal 83 Czech Republic 181 Sierra Leone 85 Denmark 183 South Africa 87 Estonia 185 Swaziland 89 Finland 187 Tanzania 91 France 189 Togo 93 Germany 191 Tunisia 6 95 Greece 193 Uganda 97 Hungary 195 Iceland America & Caribbean 289 Ireland 199 Israel 201 ritigua and Barbuda 291 Italy 203 'Bahamas 293 Latvia 205 Barbados 294 Lithuania 207 Belize 295 Luxembourg 209 Canada 297 Former Yugoslav 211 Republic of Macedonia Dependent Territories 299 of the United Kingdom Malta 213 Dominica 301 Moldova 215 Grenada 302 Netherlands 217 Guyana 303 Norway 219 Haiti 305 Poland 221 Jamaica 307 Portugal 223 Saint Lucia 308 Romania 225 Saint Kitts and Nevis 309 Russian Federation 227 Saint Vincent and 310 Slovakia 231 the Grenadines Slovenia 233 Suriname 311 Spain 235 Trinidad and Tobago 313 Sweden 237 United States of America 315 Switzerland 239 Turkey 241 Appendix 319 Jpited Kingdom 245 7/1 luOslavia 247 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 321 L1hri1merica 249 ILO Convention 29: Forced Labour 334 Argentina 251 ILO Convention 87: Brazil 253 Freedom of Association and Protection Chile 255 of the Right to Organise 341 Colombia 257 ILO Convention 98: Right to Organise Costa Rica 261 and Collective Bargaining 345 Curacao 263 ILO Convention 100: Dominican Republic 265 Equal Remuneration 348 Ecuador 267 ILO Convention 105: El Salvador 269 Abolition of Forced Labour 351 Guatemala 271 ILO Convention 111: Discrimination Honduras 273 (Employment and Occupation) 353 Mexico 275 ILO Convention 138: Nicaragua 277 Minimum Age Panama 279 356 Paraguay 281 ILO Convention 169: Peru 283 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples 361 Uruguay 285 Venezuela 287 7 Main publishedsources 371 El BAROMETER ON HUMANAND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR The dictionary definition of barometer is "aninstrument for measuring atmos- pheric pressure, usually to determine weather changes",or "anything that shows change or impending change". [CollinsEnglish Dictionary Updated Edition, 1995] Education International's 1998 Barometeron Trade Union and Human Rights ri) in the Educator Sector focuseson three fundamental human rights- the right to education, children's right to be protected fromexploitation and workers right to form and join trade unions, to organise andto bargain collectively. This Barometer establishes an initial base against whichwe hope to be able to mea- sure change over the next ten years and beyond in thenew millenium. Making change is more important, however, than monitoringchange. This, and succes- sive editions, will, we hope, help set prioritiesand galvanise El and its member