Marrakech, 16 and 17 July 2009

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IV – NGOs

14. NGOs play an important role, notably as alternative sources of information on the state of human rights worldwide. They are of direct importance to Conventional Committees and other thematic procedures, and of indirect importance within the framework of the UPC. However, while they sometimes take an interest in the right to education, in most cases they consider only the quantitative aspects. This is particularly evident in developing countries. As a result, there seems to be an implicit hierarchy at work: access to education first, content of education later. For example, remarks on the matter in the High Commission's compilations for the first two sessions of the UPC concerned only France and Switzerland.

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