Joint statement presented during CESCR's NGO Annual Meeting
Engaging with partners and stakeholders ahead of France’s review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Sciences Po Law Clinic serves as a bridge between academia and civil society, providing an experiential learning platform for students to address real-world legal challenges and promote social change.
Date:
28 February 2024
Rapport au Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels: 5ème révision de la France à la 74e session - Le droit à l’enseignement supérieur en France
Ce rapport porte sur le droit à l’enseignement supérieur et interroge le respect par la France de ses obligations concernant l'article 2.2 et l'article 13.2 (c) du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (PIDESC).
Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5th Review of France at the 74th session - The right to higher education in France
This report, jointly produced by Right to Education Initiative; La FAGE, Fédération des Associations Générales Etudiantes; and Global Students Forum, focuses on the right to higher education, questioning France’s compliance with its obligations regarding article 2.2 and article 13.2 (c) of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
The non-compliance by France with its extra-territorial obligations regarding the right to education through its investment in Bridge International Academies
France’s investment in the education multinational Bridge International Academies (BIA) has raised serious concerns regarding the extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) of France, in relation to the rights set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), particularly, the right to education.
Le non-respect des obligations extraterritoriales de la France en matière de droit à l'éducation à travers son investissement dans Bridge International Academies
L'investissement de la France dans la multinationale d'enseignement Bridge International Academies (BIA) a soulevé de graves préoccupations quant à ses obligations extraterritoriales (OET) vis-à-vis de l'ensemble des droits garantis par le Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (PIDESC), et en particulier en matière de droit à l'éducation.
CRC, CESCR and CEDAW statements on private education September 2014 – November 2017
This paper highlights key concluding observations adopted between September 2014 and November 2017 by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) regarding the role of private actors in education in Ghana, Chile, Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Philippines and Brazil.
Digest of Observations and Recommendations of Treaty Bodies on the Role of Private Actors and the Right to Education (2000-2015)
This document lists and details the observations and recommendations of UN human rights treaty bodies on the role of private actors in education.
CRC, CESCR and CEDAW statements on private education September 2014 – July 2016: Synthesis paper
This paper highlights key concluding observations adopted between 2014 and 2016 by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), and the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) regarding the role of private actors in education in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Morocco, Uganda and Zimbabwe.