Report to the CESCR for the 7th review of the UK - The UK international development cooperation in the area of education: updates and recommendations

Year of publication
2024
Author(s)
ActionAid UK, COTAE, EACHRights, Eurodad, GI-ESCR, Global Justice Now, ISER, Oxfam GB, Results UK, Right to Education Initiative, OMEP
Resource type
Reports

Keywords

Topics
Privatisation
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RTE and others_Joint submission to the CESCR_UK Review_Cooperation in education_December 2024.pdf

This report was submitted to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the 7th review of the UK. It is an update of a first report submitted in 2023. It covers:

  • The major concerns raised by the International Development Committee of the UK Parliament about the UK’s investments as part of Overseas Development Aid (ODA)

  • The UK’s non-response following findings from investigations by the International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO)

  • The absence of UK’s responses to the CESCR’s questions related to UK international development cooperation in the area of education

  • Update on the UK’s investments in fee-charging private education

  • Key recommendations