OIDEL Advocates for Pluralism and Freedom of Education at the UN Working Group on the Optional Protocol to the CRC

OIDEL actively participated in the second session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OE-IGWG) on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) concerning pre-primary and secondary education, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 31 August to 2 September 2026.

OIDEL leads discussion on the CRC Optional Protocol and the right to education

Together with the Permanent Missions of Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, OIDEL co-sponsored a side event on the margins of the 62nd Session of the Human Rights Council entitled “Education Systems Advancing the Aims of Education under the CRC Optional Protocol.” The event was held in preparation for the next round of negotiations on the draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, scheduled for September.