6th meeting, 2nd session of the IGWG on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free secondary education.



Second session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free secondary education.

On 10 July 2024, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 56/5, in which it established an open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) mandated to explore the possibility of, elaborating and submitting to the Human Rights Council a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free secondary education.

The second session of the IGWG will take place from 31 August to 2 September 2026, in the Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations.
Location: Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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