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Nepal National workshop on the right to education and the Abidjan Principles
Ashina Mtsumi - @ashezz_m
Thursday, 7 November, 2019
Local governments in Nepal are in the process of developing legislation on education following the implementation of the Constitution which delegates responsibility for providing free and compulsory... Read more
Implementing the Abidjan Principles: ASPBAE training workshop in Bangkok
Rene Raya, Cecilia Soriano and Lae Santiago.
Monday, 4 November, 2019
Reflections of Day 1Education actors gathered at the Center Point Hotel in Bangkok to talk about the Right to Education and the Abidjan Principles. Masato Abe,  Economic Affairs Officer at UN ESCAP,... Read more
Recognising refugee qualifications – A virtuous circle
Sjur Bergan and Stig Arne Skjerven - @coe and @Stig_Arne
Monday, 19 August, 2019
A recent monitoring report regarding implementation of recognition of refugees’ qualifications under the Lisbon Recognition Convention brings good news. The report was presented at a meeting of the... Read more
SDG 4: Making human rights count
Erica Murphy, Mihir Mankad & Francesca Feruglio
Monday, 15 July, 2019
There is increasing recognition that data—relevant and reliable data—are central to achieving Agenda 2030 and advancing the realisation of human rights. We need data to inform laws and policies,... Read more
South African court holds that private schools must consider the best interests of the child when collecting tuition fees
Vuyisile Malinga and Motheo Brodie - @Section27news
Monday, 11 February, 2019
The importance and value of an education and its status as a fundamental human right is universally recognised. Sadly, for many learners in South Africa’s public education system, the enjoyment of... Read more
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News
Abidjan Principles on the right to education awarded support by the Paris Peace Forum 2019 as one of the most promising governance projects
14 November 2019
(Paris, 14 November 2019) The Paris Peace Forum announced yesterday that the Abidjan Principles on the right to education were selected as one of the ten ‘most promising governance projects’ that... Read more
Call for submissions: The right to education in Qatar
30 October 2019
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Ms. Koumbou Boly Barry, will make an official visit to Qatar, between 8 and 16 December 2019. The visit will collect information and... Read more
States must act to stop bullying of LGBT students, say UN experts
29 October 2019
UN human rights experts have expressed their grave concerns about bullying, harassment and exclusion of LGBT people at schools, universities and other educational institutions, and called on States... Read more
Ugandan court calls on the government to use the Abidjan Principles
29 October 2019
Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) successfully petitioned the High Court seeking declarations to the effect that the government policy on public financing of secondary education in... Read more
Open letter to the World Bank and its donors
16 October 2019
Today, the Right to Education Initiative, together with 173 civil society organizations, national education coalitions and unions, based in 63 different countries signed an open letter to the World... Read more
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