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Rubble and detritus litters site of former school
Commercialisation of Education in Mauritania
Océane Blavot - @OBlavot
Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
The case of the sale of public schools in Mauritania to private entrepreneurs and the associated privatisation of education, which civil society has been documenting and exposing since 2018, took a... Read more
Impact of Covid-19 on the right to education In Kenya
Catherine Jelimo - catherine@hakijamii.com
Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
On March 15, 2020, the Kenyan government abruptly closed all schools and colleges nationwide in response to COVID-19, disrupting nearly17 million learners countrywide. The closure of institutions not... Read more
Unaccompanied minors out of school: France must act to protect and grant them access to education
Laure Fletcher
Friday, 28 August, 2020
The beginning of the school year is approaching and unaccompanied minors are left behind and  will not be able to enrol school on 1 September. Below is an update on the current situation that... Read more
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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
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News
Abidjan Principles signatories with banner
Second anniversary of the Abidjan Principles and two years of unprecedented achievements marked in global celebration
22 February 2021
An international webinar to mark the second anniversary of the signing of the Abidjan Principles was celebrated on February 12th, 2021, bringing together many of the experts involved in the... Read more
RTE presented the implementation of the Abidjan Principles at the Paris Peace Forum 2020
25 November 2020
In November 2019, the Abidjan Principles on the right to education were selected at the Paris Peace Forum  as one of the ten ‘most promising governance projects’ that will be awarded support to scale... Read more
UN Special Rapporteur: Report on the interrelations between the human rights to education, water and sanitation
29 October 2020
On 21 October, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Koumbou Boly Barry, presented to the General Assembly (start at 1:44:20) her last report on the interrelations between the right to... Read more
'Let's build another education': RTE, GI-ESCR, and SUMMA campaign for the right to education in the constitutional process in Chile
19 October 2020
In the run-up to the National Referendum in Chile that will take place on 25 October 2020, offering a chance to all to express whether they wish to have a new Constitution, the Right to Education... Read more
Over 500 CSOs call for resumption of UN human rights monitoring of states to address human rights protection gap
7 October 2020
A geographically representative group of 527 Civil Society Organisations, including RTE, has this week called for the resumption of the state monitoring procedure of the international human rights... Read more
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