Monitoring of the implementation of UNESCO's standard-setting instruments
Introduction
The CR Committee is in charge of examining the reports submitted by Member States, pursuant to the UNESCO Constitution, on the action they have taken upon the conventions and recommendations adopted by the General Conference. The CR Committee鈥檚 reports, together with the Executive Board鈥檚 comments, are transmitted to the General Conference for its consideration.
The monitoring of the implementation of conventions and recommendations follows a specific multi-stage procedure adopted by the Executive Board (鈥Specific multi-stage procedure for the monitoring of the implementation of UNESCO Conventions and recommendations for which no specific institutional mechanism is provided鈥). Framework guidelines, also adopted by the Executive Board, provide Member States with indications on the information that is to be included in their reports with respect to conventions (鈥Framework guidelines for the preparation of reports on the implementation of conventions for whose monitoring the CR Committee is responsible鈥).
Under this procedure, the CR Committee monitors the implementation of 2 conventions and 17 recommendations.
Conventions and recommendations monitored by the CR Committee
Conventions:
- Convention against Discrimination in Education (Paris, 14 December 1960)
- Convention on Technical and Vocational Education (Paris, 10 November 1989)
Recommendations:
- Recommendation against Discrimination in Education (14 December 1960)
- Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (5 October 1966)
- Revised Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Educational Statistics (27 November 1978)
- Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (27 October 1980)
- Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education (13 November 1993)
- Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (11 November 1997)
- Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace (15 October 2003)
- Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, including a glossary of definitions (10 November 2011)
- Recommendation on adult learning and education (13 November 2015)
- Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) (13 November 2015)
- Recommendation concerning the protection and promotion of museums and collections, their diversity and their role in society (17 November 2015)
- Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form (17 November 2015)
- Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers (13 November 2017)
- Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) (25 November 2019)
- Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (23 November 2021)
- Recommendation on Open Science (23 November 2021)
- Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development (20 November 2023)
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