Annual Report 2012
This report presents our the Right to Education Initiative's accomplishments in 2012.
Right to education in emergency situations: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education
The Special Rapporteur on the right to education has identified emergencies as a source of serious violations of the right to education, one that currently affects a large number of people. By emergency, the Special Rapporteur means a situation arising out of armed conflict or natural disaster.
Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education: Sexual education
In this report, the Special Rapporteur focuses on the human right to comprehensive sexual education. The Special Rapporteur introduces the topic of the right to sexual education,
Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education : Equality of opportunity in education
The report focuses on the promotion of equality of opportunity in education. Ensuring equality of opportunity in education is an overarching principle that is reflected in core human rights treaties. States have the duty to adopt measures to eradicate discrimination and ensure equal access for all to education.
Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education : Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
This report highlights international obligations as well as political commitments to promote technical and vocational education and training. The report analyses norms and standards developed through international instruments, and underlines the importance of national-level normative action to maximize the contribution of technical and vocational education and training to
empowerment and social and economic development.
Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education: Justiciability and the Right to Education
The report examines questions related to enforcement of the right to education and judicial and quasi-judicial mechanisms. It also highlights the available jurisprudence at the national, regional and international levels, with a focus on some key dimensions of the right to education. In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur offers recommendations for making the justiciability of the right to education and its enforcement more effective.
Hidden Privatisation in Public Education
This report is concerned with the growing tendency amongst governments internationally to introduce forms of privatisation into public education and to move to privatise sections of public education.
Refugee Education: A Global Review
Published in November 2011, this report investigates the worldwide state of refugee education.
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education: The right to Education of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-seekers
This report focuses on those who have crossed national borders, who generally are at risk of marginalisation and specifically to discrimination in the provision of education. The report aims to inform and assist Governments and interested parties in their efforts to address these matters and develop best practices so as to ensure the enjoyment of the currently unfulfilled right to education for migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers.
Stop Violence Against Girls in School: A cross-country analysis of change in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique
This report is the culmination of five years’ implementation of ActionAid’s multi-country project aimed at empowering girls and enabling them to enjoy their rights to education and participation in a violence-free environment. The uniqueness of this project resides in the connection between research, community intervention and advocacy reinforced by a strong partnership approach.