Academic Scientific JournalsSex Education as an Element of the Implementation of Human Rights
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https://doi.org/10.26881/gsp.2025.1.11Keywords:
sex education, human rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesAbstract
This article demonstrates that the provision of sex education by states is an element of the implementation of human rights; it indicates what goals of human rights protection are achieved by sex education and what obligations rest on states in this respect. The discussion adopts three perspectives resulting from trends in the protection of human rights. These are: the perspective of counteracting gender-based discrimination and violence, the perspective of children’s rights, and the perspective of the rights of persons with disabilities.
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