Using the law for children's rights: An introductory guide
2017
While many authorities can tolerate some traditional campaigning methods, it is usually harder to ignore the law.
What does the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ new general comment say about states’ human rights obligations in relation to the privatisation of social services?
Recently the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its much-awaited new General Comment 24 – an authoritative interpretation of international human rights law – on ‘State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities’.
Another UN committee expresses concern over the privatisation of education and its implications for the right to education in Pakistan
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (‘the Committee’) expressed its concerns on the issue of privatisation of education in Pakistan as the state underwent its first ever review earlier this month.
Tanzania: Stop threatening rights groups
International organisations urge respect for free expression, association
(Nairobi, July 6, 2017) – The government of Tanzania should end its hostile rhetoric toward civil society groups and threats to obstruct their work, 18 national and international nongovernmental organisations said today. The comments have targeted groups helping pregnant girls finish their education and those working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
Commercialisation in public schooling: An Australian study
2017
Commercialisation is creeping into our public school system.
Indian Supreme Court rules that children living with or affected by HIV must be protected from discrimination in education
On 5 May 2017, in a public interest litigation brought by Naz India in 2015, India’s Supreme Court held that children living with or affected by HIV (that is, children who are HIV positive and children who are HIV negative but whose parent[s] is HIV positive) should be afforded protected status and included as a ‘child belonging to a disadvantaged group’ under India’s Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act (2009).
The right to education at the United Nations
At the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) states reaffirmed their commitment to the right to education by adopting resolutions on the right to education and the right to education of girls.
General comment No. 24 on state obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities
2017
Businesses play an important role in the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights, inter alia, by contributing to the creation of employment opportunities and, through private i
Urgent call for the end of student criminalisation and the re-establishment of dialogue between the authorities and students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras
Press release
(June 27, 2017) In light of the deepening crisis in student rights and the prevention of the defence of the right to education, the undersigned regional and international civil society organisations and networks, urgently call upon the authorities of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) to immediately re-establish dialogue with the University Student Movement (Movimiento Estudiantil Universitario: MEU), ensuring full compliance with the content and spirit of the agreements reached on July 20, 2016.