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Migrant youth in France face administrative battle to finish their education
Laure Fletcher and Carole Coupez @CaroleCoupez
Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
In France, the health crisis has exacerbated the educational exclusion of young foreign adults. For many, this period has made it impossible to go through all the administrative procedures necessary... Read more
Higher education in France: Why territorial inequalities matters
Ana Clara Cathalat @anacathalat
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
Since 2018, the Right to Education Initiative has partnered with the Human Rights Clinic of the Sciences Po Law School to monitor and advocate for equal access to higher education in France using RTE... Read more
Territorial inequalities affecting equality of opportunity in higher education in France
Ana Horvatin - ana.horvatin@sciencespo.fr
Monday, 9 March, 2020
Since 2018, the Right to Education Initiative has partnered with the Human Rights Clinic of the Sciences Po Law School to monitor and advocate for equal access to higher education in France using RTE... Read more
Using the common law to realise basic rights in South Africa: The case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education
Mila Harding - @SECTION27news
Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
The law of Delict in South Africa (which would be called “the law of torts” elsewhere) has a complicated legacy. It is part of the South African common law – a colonial artefact originating from... Read more
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Pandemic shakes up world’s education systems
Elin Martinez - @Martinez_Elin
Thursday, 19 March, 2020
UNESCO reports that 119 countries have closed schools nationwide since the COVID-19 outbreak, disrupting the learning and education of an estimated 897 million students. Millions more could be... Read more
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COVID-19 and the right to education: Collated resources
6 August 2020
The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education has been huge. Unesco estimates that the pandemic has affected nearly 90% of the world's students. That's 1.54 billion learners out of school in 185... Read more
South African court rules that nutrition is a central component of the right to basic education
29 July 2020
On 17 July, the North Gauteng High Court in South Africa ruled that learners are entitled to receive school meals as part of the National Schools Nutrition Programme (NSNP), which was suspended due... Read more
RTE presented the Abidjan Principles in a webinar on protecting education in conflict
22 July 2020
On the 20th of July, RTE participated in a virtual launch for the 2nd edition of Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: an International Law Handbook organised by the British... Read more
Europe’s forgotten conflict: New RTE multimedia report on education under attack in eastern Ukraine
20 July 2020
[London] 21 July 2020. In eastern Ukraine, education is under attack. Since the armed conflict started in February 2014, more than 750 schools have been damaged or destroyed, dozens of children and... Read more
RTE participated in UNESCO Webinar on ECCE in the context of COVID-19
17 July 2020
On 15th of July, RTE participated in a webinar organised by UNESCO on ‘Ensuring quality of learning and well-being for young children in the context of COVID-19’ and contributed with a short... Read more
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