Consultation on the Development of Guiding Principles on the Right to Early Childhood Care and Education
January 23, 2025 – The Guiding principles regarding the right to early childhood care and education (ECCE), released by UNESCO, aim to clarify the normative content of the right to education concerning ECCE rights. The objective of the Guiding principles is to compile into one document the many references in international human rights law to the right to ECCE, the content of the right and the nature of State obligations. These currently appear in piecemeal form in human rights treaties and conventions and in UN monitoring committees’ interpretation through General Comments and Concluding Observations.
