{"id":228,"date":"2024-12-19T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T13:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladacenter.dreamhosters.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:05:41","slug":"international-diplomatic-call-to-the-world-the-signing-and-establishment-of-a-rights-based-education-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/blog\/international-diplomatic-call-to-the-world-the-signing-and-establishment-of-a-rights-based-education-network\/","title":{"rendered":"International Diplomatic Call To The World: The signing and establishment of a rights-based education network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SEwyQU651OM\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: initial; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); transition: color 0.3s;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">The Signing and Establishment of the Rights-Centric Education Network<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">On July 24, 2024, in Trieste, the signing and establishment of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rights-centric.education\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">Rights-Centric Education Network<\/a>&nbsp;took place.&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">The signing of the memorandum occurred on territory protected by the United Nations Security Council, specifically the Free Territory of Trieste (FTT).<\/span><\/p><blockquote style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-left: 11px solid rgb(241, 135, 1); margin-top: 56px; margin-bottom: 56px; padding: 70px 76px 70px 126px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.583em; box-shadow: rgba(30, 61, 96, 0.03) 0px 5px 15px 0px; border-radius: 10px 20px 20px 10px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">On 2 January 2024, the flag of Slovenia was officially raised in front of the Security Council Chamber together with other four new non-permanent members of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/buildingtrust.si\/highlights-of-the-slovenian-activities-in-the-un-security-council-in-january-2024\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">UN Security Council<\/a>&nbsp;(Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone).<\/blockquote><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SEwyQU651OM\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">The signatories of the memorandum<\/a>&nbsp;initiated a network to safeguard rights in education on demilitarized and neutral territory, where the statutes of peace and freedom are affirmed. In this spirit, we also pledged to our children\/descendants to uphold their fundamental inalienable rights, as we are their primary guardians and guides, at least in the first part of their lives.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Memorandum and Commitment to Uphold Children&#8217;s Rights in Education<\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">As the Director of Lada Center, Klavdija Ho\u010devar Kastelic signed the memorandum, thereby committing to respecting children\u2019s rights in education and mutual reporting on related matters. The following witnesses were present:<\/p><ul role=\"list\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 40px auto 53px; padding-left: 40px; overflow: hidden; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal;\"><li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Marina Carbone<\/span>, witness (President of the Transitional Government of the FTT)<\/li><li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Paola Zelco<\/span>, witness (Minister of Education of the FTT)<\/li><li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Umberto Russo<\/span>, witness (Chairman of the FTT Free Port Committee)<\/li><li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Sta\u0161a Sterle<\/span>, witness (Citizen, Slovenia)<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeannaclements.com\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">Je&#8217;anna Clements<\/a>, also a signatory and active interpreter of our current situation, hails from South Africa. She has successfully unraveled our circumstances by emphasizing the need to draw a clear boundary against restrictions in education as we know them.&nbsp;<a target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EyI2AKazJj8\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">Watch her interpretation here<\/a>. The connecting founder in this domain,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinder.lk\/founders\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Sifaan Zavahir<\/span><\/a>, stated:&nbsp;<em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&#8220;It is quite alarming in practice that even today, children are not afforded the respect they deserve as human beings.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u200d<\/em>He is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GVpEg281nmI\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">co-founder<\/a>&nbsp;of the first and only democratic school in Sri Lanka, which operates on the principle that free education thrives when children are granted the freedom to educate themselves, trusted to do so in their unique way and at their own pace.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">Since February 2024, the period we are facing in the Republic of Slovenia deeply encroaches upon children&#8217;s rights to choose their education and parents&#8217; duty to support and accompany that choice. This interference has focused on the existing range of educational options dictated by representatives, thereby limiting choice and opportunities for civil initiatives.&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Such actions degrade humanity and morality<\/span>.<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">&nbsp;How does this align with the concept of creating new forms of education?<\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">The establishment of this network has become necessary due to the increasing involvement of state authorities in children&#8217;s education worldwide. This growing influence demands an organized effort to protect children&#8217;s rights to education and to hold state representatives accountable for potential abuses. Furthermore, it is crucial to globally emphasize that education is the obligation of the state and parents\u2014not of the children themselves.<\/p><figure class=\"w-richtext-align-center w-richtext-figure-type-image\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: table; margin: 56px auto; max-width: 60%; position: relative; clear: both; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 0px; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/66b32edf6164f5ffa26306c2\/67648e742a6618c63f949123_67648d184f1fb0f00283ed88_Individuals.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 780px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 32px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 540px;\"><\/div><figcaption style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: table-caption; text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; max-width: 780px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; caption-side: bottom;\">Klavdija Ho\u010devar Kastelic was the first individual in Slovenia<a href=\"https:\/\/www.self-directed.org\/tp\/spotlighting-the-issues-with-schooling-in-slovenia\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">&nbsp;to publicly highlight the issue of grammatically inconsistent translations of international treaties<\/a>. She has brought this matter to the attention of all state institutions, non-governmental organizations, and other relevant entities. Her primary support came from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.self-directed.org\/tipping-points-contributors\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Alliance for Self-Directed Education<\/span><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">This point is particularly important due to numerous cases where parents and states deny children access to education, either to force them into labor for income or to prevent them from attending educational institutions, especially in the case of girls. These issues have been repeatedly highlighted in various United Nations documents, most notably&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/legal\/general\/cescr\/1999\/en\/8359\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">General Comment No. 11 by the UN Economic and Social Council<\/span><\/a>. Denying education based on gender, race, or forced labor violates children\u2019s rights.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\">Conversely, &#8220;liberal&#8221; states can exploit children by forcing them into state-determined education systems. This practice, too, violates the rights of children and parents, as state authorities behave as though they own the children, compelling them to follow a strictly prescribed curriculum without the possibility of choice.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 780px; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">Lada Center is the only democratic institution in the Republic of Slovenia<\/span>&nbsp;that upholds the values of democracy, as recognized by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M_kPQl6i-oc\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">EUDEC<\/a>. The founder has pledged that&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">the primary guiding principle of the Center<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">will be the respect for children&#8217;s rights in education<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 33, 226);\">.<\/span><\/p><figure class=\"w-richtext-align-center w-richtext-figure-type-image\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: table; margin: 56px auto; max-width: 60%; position: relative; clear: both; color: rgb(98, 119, 143); font-family: &quot;Plus Jakarta Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: normal;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 0px; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/66b32edf6164f5ffa26306c2\/67648e742a6618c63f949128_67648b38cb965e5764ddd639_FoundingMmeber.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 780px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 32px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 540px;\"><\/div><figcaption style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: table-caption; text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; max-width: 780px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; caption-side: bottom;\">The following, having agreed to the terms of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.rights-centric.education\/index.php?title=Memorandum_of_Association\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">Memorandum of Association<\/a>, have consented to become Founding Members of the Rights-Centric Education Network (RCE Network). They have equal membership status with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rights-centric.education\/regular-members\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 33, 226); text-decoration-thickness: initial; transition: color 0.3s;\">Regular Members<\/a>&nbsp;who joined subsequently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lada-center.education\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}