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Challenges and best practices for student activists
Yeliz Inci, Fee Wittenbecher, and Larissa Rosales Lopez
Thursday, 7 September, 2023
On the 25 April 2023, our online roundtable event titled ‘Coming Together for Equal Access to Higher Education: An International Exchange of Strategies, Experiences, and Mobilizations’ brought... Read more
International students exchange and discuss strategies for action on equality in higher education
Yeliz Inci, Fee Wittenbecher, and Larissa Rosales Lopez
Thursday, 10 August, 2023
On 24 April 2023, the Right to Education Initiative (RTE) and the Global Student Forum (GSF) brought together student activists from four different continents, namely: Africa, Latin America, Oceania... Read more
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South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final exams
Mila Harding
Monday, 17 April, 2023
The right to a basic education is one of the only socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution that is unqualified. This means that it is not subject to ‘progressive realisation’ within... Read more
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The right to equality in early childhood care and education: a precondition for the right to education
Rajakumari Michaelsamy
Thursday, 30 March, 2023
This blog highlights the key discussions from a panel session on ‘Strengthening laws, policy, and governance for early childhood care and education: Towards an equal and inclusive education’,... Read more
Inclusion, investment and strengthening legal framework: Key takeaways from the UNESCO World Conference and Declaration on ECCE
Rajakumari Michaelsamy and Delphine Dorsi
Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
The second UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 14-16 November, was convened to mobilise countries and partners to reaffirm the... Read more
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New UN CRC General Comment on children’s rights and the environment
19 September 2023
In August, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) launched General Comment No. 26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment, which focuses particularly on climate change... Read more
New UN report highlights the linkages between the right to education and the human rights of migrants
30 August 2023
In April 2023, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales, published report A/HRC/53/26 entitled ‘How to expand and diversify regularization mechanisms and... Read more
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RTE publishes background paper in latest UNESCO GEM Report on technology
11 August 2023
On 26 July 2023, the latest edition of the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, entitled ‘Technology in education: a tool on whose terms?’ was launched in Montevideo, Uruguay. Each... Read more
United Nations Human Rights Council adopts resolution on the right to education
18 July 2023
On 14 July, the UN Human Rights Council adopted resolution A/HRC/53/L.10 on the right to education. Recognising the political commitments made by the States at the last two major education... Read more
RTE attends the 53rd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
15 July 2023
Between June 19 and July 14, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 53rd ordinary session in Geneva. RTE attended the Human Rights Council sessions, participating in a variety of events to... Read more
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