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s. kraljić ■ implementation and protection of the child’s right to education
in its different forms, including technical and vocational secondary
education, should be made generally available and accessible to all
by every appropriate means, and in particular, by the progressive in-
troduction of free education; c. Higher education should be made
equally accessible to all, on the basis of individual capacity, by every
propriate means, and in particular, by the progressive introduction
of free education; d. Basic education should be encouraged or inten-
sified as far as possible for those persons who have not received or
completed the whole cycle of primary instruction…; and Article 16
of the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human
Rights in the area of economic, social and cultural rights (Protocol
of San Salvador) (1988): “… Every child has the right to free and com-
pulsory education, at least in the elementary phase, and to continue
his training at higher levels of the educational system”;
g) Article 14 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European
Union (2012): “1. Everyone has the right to education and to have ac-
cess to vocational and continuing training. 2. This right includes the
possibility to receive free compulsory education…”);
h) European Social Charter (1996 revised) – “With a view to ensuring
the effective exercise of the right of children and young persons to
grow up in an environment which encourages the full development
of their personality and of their physical and mental capacities, the
Parties undertake, either directly or in co-operation with public and
private organizations, to take all appropriate and necessary measures
designed: 2. to provide to children and young persons a free primary
and secondary education as well as to encourage regular attendance
at schools”);
i) Article 28 of the UNCRC (1989, p. 1): “States Parties recognize the
right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this
right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall,
in particular: (a) Make primary education compulsory and availa-
ble free to all; (b) Encourage the development of different forms of
secondary education, including general and vocational education,
make them available and accessible to every child, and take appro-
priate measures such as the introduction of free education and of-
fering financial assistance in case of need; (c) Make higher educa-
tion accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate
means; (d) Make educational and vocational information and guid-
ance available and accessible to all children; (e) Take measures to en-
courage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out
rates… 3. States Parties shall promote and encourage international
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in its different forms, including technical and vocational secondary
education, should be made generally available and accessible to all
by every appropriate means, and in particular, by the progressive in-
troduction of free education; c. Higher education should be made
equally accessible to all, on the basis of individual capacity, by every
propriate means, and in particular, by the progressive introduction
of free education; d. Basic education should be encouraged or inten-
sified as far as possible for those persons who have not received or
completed the whole cycle of primary instruction…; and Article 16
of the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human
Rights in the area of economic, social and cultural rights (Protocol
of San Salvador) (1988): “… Every child has the right to free and com-
pulsory education, at least in the elementary phase, and to continue
his training at higher levels of the educational system”;
g) Article 14 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European
Union (2012): “1. Everyone has the right to education and to have ac-
cess to vocational and continuing training. 2. This right includes the
possibility to receive free compulsory education…”);
h) European Social Charter (1996 revised) – “With a view to ensuring
the effective exercise of the right of children and young persons to
grow up in an environment which encourages the full development
of their personality and of their physical and mental capacities, the
Parties undertake, either directly or in co-operation with public and
private organizations, to take all appropriate and necessary measures
designed: 2. to provide to children and young persons a free primary
and secondary education as well as to encourage regular attendance
at schools”);
i) Article 28 of the UNCRC (1989, p. 1): “States Parties recognize the
right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this
right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall,
in particular: (a) Make primary education compulsory and availa-
ble free to all; (b) Encourage the development of different forms of
secondary education, including general and vocational education,
make them available and accessible to every child, and take appro-
priate measures such as the introduction of free education and of-
fering financial assistance in case of need; (c) Make higher educa-
tion accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate
means; (d) Make educational and vocational information and guid-
ance available and accessible to all children; (e) Take measures to en-
courage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out
rates… 3. States Parties shall promote and encourage international
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