offered as to the scope of those rights in the relevant General Comments by the CESCR.185 For these objectives to be fulfilled, an independent judiciary is essential.186 Questions relating to institutional mechanisms and judicial/quasi-judicial systems for enforcing the right to education need to be addressed in a broader perspective.187 Promoting research and studies on constitutional law and the right to education as well as the exchange of practical examples and experience are of prime importance.188 Experience and knowledge at the regional level regarding the justiciability of the right to education is also important.189 Moreover, possibilities mutually to reinforce the institutional mechanisms existing at both the regional and the international levels must be examined.190 The role of tribunals and human rights institutions must also be considered. These bodies are important in enforcing the right to education as they examine breaches of the right and apply political and legal pressure to the authorities and institutions responsible for enforcing it.191 Several major recommendations have been put forward by various workshops and symposia on ways to increase the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights which are also relevant to the right to education. These include: • that the judiciary interpret domestic law in conformity with international human rights instruments;192 185 United Nations Workshop for Judges on the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in South Asia, New Delhi, Opening Address by Ms Mary Robinson High Commissioner for Human Rights, 17 November 2001 http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/5962093D418A5BCF C1256B74003E0080?opendocument (last accessed 24 March 2007) at 3. 186 United Nations Workshop for Judges on the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in South Asia, New Delhi, Statement of Conclusions, 17 - 18 November 2001 http://www.unhchr.ch/hu ricane/huricane.nsf/(Symbol)/OHCHR.STM.01.77.En?OpenDocument (last accessed 24 March 2007) at 2. Draft Conclusions and Recommendations of the Colloquium and Workshop for Judges and Lawyers on the Justiciability of Economic Social and Cultural Rights in the Pacific Region, Suva, Fiji, 1 – 3 June 2006 http://www.interights.org/page.php?dir=News#Pacificcolloquium%20headline (last accessed 26 March 2007) at para 8. 187 UNESCO(CR)/ECOSOC(CESCR) Joint Expert Group on the Monitoring of the Right to Education Justiciability of the Right to Education 175 EX/28 12-13 May 2006 at para 18. 188 UNESCO(CR)/ECOSOC(CESCR) Joint Expert Group on the Monitoring of the Right to Education Justiciability of the Right to Education 175 EX/28 12-13 May 2006 at para 18. 189 UNESCO(CR)/ECOSOC(CESCR) Joint Expert Group on the Monitoring of the Right to Education Justiciability of the Right to Education 175 EX/28 12-13 May 2006 at para 20. 190 UNESCO(CR)/ECOSOC(CESCR) Joint Expert Group on the Monitoring of the Right to Education Justiciability of the Right to Education 175 EX/28 12-13 May 2006 at para 20. 191 UNESCO(CR)/ECOSOC(CESCR) Joint Expert Group on the Monitoring of the Right to Education Justiciability of the Right to Education 175 EX/28 12-13 May 2006 at para 20. 192 United Nations Workshop for Judges on the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in South Asia, New Delhi, Statement of Conclusions, 17 - 18 November 2001 http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/(Symbol)/OHCHR.STM.01.77.En?OpenDocument (last accessed 24 March 2007) at para 13. Draft Conclusions and Recommendations of the Colloquium and Workshop for Judges and Lawyers on the Justiciability of Economic Social and Cultural Rights in the 78