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The return for their fourth edition, shining a spotlight on one of the most fundamental human rights - the right to education. Organized by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO, the University of Geneva, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, this premier event promises to be a thought-provoking exploration of the challenges, trends, and opportunities in ensuring equitable access to inclusive and quality education worldwide in the context of the 21^st century and beyond.

This event will inform UNESCO's evolving right to education initiative, which seeks to explore how the right to education could be further reinforced and expanded to meet evolving needs in support of the Transformation of Education Agenda. 

This closed two-day event (for invited participants only) will bring together leading thinkers, practitioners, and experts (including young experts) in human rights law and education. Through robust discussions held under the Chatham House rule, participants will delve into the persistent and emerging issues that threaten the full realization of the right to education.

Key topics on the agenda include the impact of privatization, digitalization, and crisis situations on educational inequalities. Participants will also assess the effectiveness of existing human rights mechanisms and partnership efforts in addressing these challenges. The dialogue aims to formulate innovative strategies and sustainable solutions to guarantee the right to education for all, bridging gaps and promoting inclusive, equitable and quality learning opportunities. 

Building on the success of previous dialogues on , the , and , this event seeks to generate insightful discourse and actionable recommendations. The outcomes will contribute to shaping new policy debates and multilateral actions, with a view to strengthen the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4: ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all.

Discussion topics

• Overall theme: inequalities in education, specifically addressing emerging issues and trends;
• Privatization: how emerging issues and new privatization practices impact inequalities;
• Digitalization: how practices and emerging issues in the field of digitalization impact on equality of opportunities;
• Crisis situations: how humanitarian situations, such as climate-related displacement, threaten the enjoyment of the right to education; and 
• Human rights mechanisms: examining the effectiveness of human rights mechanisms and partnership efforts.