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Engaging with partners and stakeholders ahead of France’s review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Céline Rault and Christla Petitberghien
Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
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... Read more
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Key principles to guide new developments of the right to education
Delphine Dorsi
Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
The modern world is in a constant process of flux and evolution, shaped and reshaped by technology, globalisation, climate change, and multiple crises. In this context, the right to education is also... Read more
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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
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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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RTE co-organised a side event on Guiding Principles on ECCE at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council
5 July 2024
On 27 June 2024, at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, the Right to Education Initiative (RTE), co-organised, with the Global Advocacy Group on ECCE Rights, a side event on ‘Guiding... Read more
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education calls for endorsement and implementation of the Principles for Implementing the Right to Academic Freedom
3 July 2024
In June 2024, at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, presented her thematic report on 'Academic Freedom'... Read more
The participants at UNESCO IBE in Geneva, June 2024
RTE took part in a Geneva dialogue on the right to education
1 July 2024
On 18-19 June 2024, RTE’s Director, Delphine Dorsi, took part in a dialogue on the right to education organised by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, the university of Geneva and the UNESCO Liaison... Read more
RTE discussed the right to pre-school education at NORRAG webinar
13 June 2024
On 29 May 2024, RTE’s director, Delphine Dorsi, participated, as a discussant, in NORRAG online event on The Right to Pre-School Education. The aim of the webinar was to discuss the gap between the... Read more
RTE, AfCEN, and Oxford Human Rights Hub organised an online training on monitoring and reporting ECCE from a human rights perspective
7 June 2024
The Right to Education Initiative, in partnership with the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN) and Oxford Human Rights Hub, organised an online training focussing on monitoring and reporting early... Read more
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