This is a draft, last updated 27th July 2024; to comment on the draft please write to network@rights-centric.education. We hope to finalize the Pledge by 20th October 2024 and start collecting signed pledges from these groups.
I/We pledge to overhaul All Practices within My/Our purview relating to Education of Children to ensure they respect, protect and fulfil the Rights of the Child, as called for in the Declaration of Rights-Centric Education.
Furthermore, expanding* the provisions of the "Revised draft plan of action for the first phase (2005-2007) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education" approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 to be applicable to all educational environments (not only schools), I/we Pledge to
- Publish a code of conduct for an environment free of violence, sexual abuse, harassment and corporal punishments, including procedures for resolving conflicts and dealing with violence and bullying;
- Provide opportunities for Children for self-expression, responsibilities and participation in decision-making, in accordance with their age and evolving capacity;
- Provide opportunities for Children to organize their own activities, for representing, mediating and advocating their interests;
- Periodically Report, preferably annually but no later than 24 months from the date of My/Our last Report, to the Rights-Centric Education Network (a voluntary network of individual and organisational Child Rights Defenders supporting the implementation of the Declaration of Rights-Centric Education)
- The extent to which Child Rights are currently Respected and Fulfilled in the Educational environment I/We have responsibility for; and
- An evaluation of the steps taken towards Respecting and Fulfilling Rights since the last Report (or, in the case of the first Report, all steps taken in the past); and
- A plan outlining the steps to be taken before the next Report.
* For more details on the Action Plan, please refer our Wiki entry here.