Title: Curricular Rights
Subtitle: Defining Essential Learning in the Context of Human Rights
Subject Classification:  Education, Human Rights, Law and Legal Ethics  
BIC Classification: JN, JPVN, LA
BISAC Classification: EDU034000, LAW092000, POL035010
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Sep 2025
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-271-5
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-272-2

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Description

What should every individual learn? This pivotal question serves as the foundation for our exploration of minimum educational standards, intricately linked to human rights law and global policy frameworks. By drawing on influential soft law sources, including UNESCO and UN mechanisms, this book delves into the profound ways in which legal principles shape curriculum development, educational assessment, and state responsibilities across the globe.

Breaking away from traditional studies that merely scrutinize national policies or engage in comparative education, this work adopts a legal-institutional lens. It reveals the significant impact of non-binding legal instruments in shaping educational rights. Central to our discussion is Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which we connect with the emerging global educational goals, demonstrating how international norms seamlessly translate into national curricula and assessments.

Through a number of case studies, comprehensive legal analyses, and policy evaluations, the book exposes the often-overlooked mechanisms of global education governance. It argues that while minimum learning standards are crucial for ensuring equity and quality, they also provoke essential political and ideological dilemmas—who determines what constitutes essential knowledge, and how do these choices impact cultural integrity and national sovereignty?

Curricular Rights is essential reading for scholars of education law, policymakers, and international organizations eager to navigate the complex intersection of human rights, law, and education policy. It presents a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most urgent debates in global education; the challenge of harmonizing universal learning standards with local educational priorities.

Biography

Author(s):  Alexandre Magno Fernandes Moreira worked as an Attorney at the Central Bank of Brazil and previously for a number of Ministries of the Government of Brazil, before studying for a PhD at KU Leuven, Belgium.

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