Trade Union Rights

One of the founding principles of Education International is the protection of the Human and Trade Union Rights of all education personnel, including the Education Right of all children. As such,  encourages the ratification and implementation of international conventions on the protection of such rights. Should any national government be found to be violating a treaty that it ratified,helps its affiliate to file a complaint at the intergovernmental body concerned.

Under Trade Union Rights, works on the protection of the freedom to form and join unions, the freedom to strike, equality opportunities and equal pay in the area of gender equality and non-discrimination.

Under Human Rights, works on education rights, children rights, academic freedom, equality non-discrimination in terms of gender, national or ethnic origins, sexual orientation or identity, disability, age, religious belief and political belief