This publication demonstrates how civil society organisations can draw on human rights law and mechanisms to reinforce their advocacy strategies and pursue accountability.
Through five case studies, the publication explores the context and underlying issue related to the right to education, the legal framework relevant to each case, the advocacy strategies employed by civil society organisations, the outcomes and impacts of their efforts, and the lessons drawn from each experience. Each case study highlights one legal or quasi-legal accountability mechanism, at national or international level, illustrating how civil society organisations have applied it to drive change. In addition, each case study provides a list of key resources to help CSOs navigate the human rights system and select the advocacy strategy best suited to securing accountability.
Case 1
- STRATEGY: Engaging with the Ombudsperson
- ISSUE: Discrimination and segregation of Roma children in Hungary
Case 2
- STRATEGY: Recurso de amparo - Petition for human rights protection
- ISSUE: Refusal to enrol children with disabilities in privately-run mainstream schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Case 3
- STRATEGY: Reporting to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- ISSUE: School Segregation in Québec, Canada
Case 4
- STRATEGY: Reporting to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- ISSUE: Inequalities in higher education in France
Case 5
- STRATEGY: Filing a complaint to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- ISSUE: Discrimination against non-nationals in access to education, Spain
