(xiv) the nature and scope of the obligation of non-state actors, including international financial institutions and trans-national corporations, to protect and promote the right to education. Summary • The realisation of the right to education requires concerted efforts by individuals, their families and their communities and the involvement of all of society, including the private sector, the mass media and religious institutions. • International organisations and agencies and regional bodies also have a vital role to play, as do trans-national corporations, NGOs and other organisations. • States are required to put in place laws and mechanisms to ensure that no one within the reach of that State’s jurisdiction violates the right to education. Discussion Introduction The realisation of the right to education requires a concerted national effort involving the full participation of all sectors of society including:472 • individuals, their families and their communities; • all of society, including the private sector, mass media and religious institutions; • international organisations, including, regional bodies and international agencies; and • transnational corporations, NGOs and other organisations. The Special Rapporteur has reported an increasing involvement of diverse actors from all over the world vindicating the right to education. Increasing commitments to economic and social rights by governmental and non-governmental actors are a particularly welcome development.473 472 See Limburg Principles at para 11. See also CESCR General Comment No. 13: The right to education E/C.12/1999/10 8 December 1999 at para 60. As much of the material overlaps, see also term of reference (xiii) for a discussion of the obligation of States to receive and to provide international assistance and co-operation. 146