Public policies from a right based approach: guarantee of rights? A panorama of Uruguay in the case of education

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to develop knowledge and debate on the elaboration of public policies with a right based approach. From this perspective, education is addressed as a fundamental right inherent in the human being. The research focuses primarily on the educational policies of Uruguay, although it raises the reality of the system in Latin America in a subsidiary. Reflections on the ideologies used for the creation and subsequent implementation of the policies are carried out. While educational policies represent the foundation for the development of a nation, they also represent the cultivation of traditions and beliefs. Diverse points of view were treated, some in favor others against, showing the advantages and challenges of the right based approach in the public policy making process. In this way, various questions are answered, such as the relationship between this approach and public policies, as well as the implications that may result from it.