Litigating the Right to Education in the United States
Lawsuits challenging state methods of funding public schools have been launched in 45 of the 50 states over the past 40 years, and in recent years they have been extraordinarily successful.
Justiciability & Litigation
#TextbooksMatter 3: The Supreme Court of Appeal Rules That #TextbooksMatter
On Tuesday 2 December 2015 a full bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a beautiful, globally significant judgment. In essence it said that the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) failure to provide learners in Limpopo with their textbooks directly infringed on their rights to basic education, equality and dignity and amounted to unfair discrimination. The DBE’s appeal in the Limpopo textbooks saga was therefore dismissed and Basic Education For All’s (BEFA) cross appeal was upheld.
It’s Happening Here Too: School Segregation in Albania and What We’re Doing About It
I have worked for years in an NGO using strategic litigation as a tool to protect women’s rights and I strongly believe that strategic litigation is a key tool for protecting Roma rights, too.
Louisiana Federation of Teachers v Louisiana (Supreme Court of Louisiana; 2013)
2015
The Supreme Court of Louisiana held that Louisiana’s ‘Minimum Foundation Program’, which allocates educational funding to schools, could not be used to provide funding to privates schools by way of
Bush v Holmes (Supreme Court of Florida; 2006)
2015
In this decision, the Florida Supreme Court held that a voucher program providing public funds to students to obtain private education failed to comply with artic
Society for Unaided Private Schools v India (Supreme Court of India; 2012)
2015
In this decision, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutionality of section 12 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act), which requires all schools, both sta
Environmental & Consumer Protection Foundation v Delhi (Supreme Court of India; 2012)
2015
In response to a petition filed by an Indian charity, the Supreme Court of India directed the governments of all States and Union Territories to ensure that all schools, whether private or state-ru
Mohini Jain v Karnataka (Supreme Court of India; 1992)
2015
In this case, a resident of Uttar Pradesh state challenged a notification issued by the Karnataka government that permitted private medical colleges to charge higher fees to students who were not a
Claim of unconstitutionality against article 183 of the General Education Law (Colombia Constitutional Court; 2010)
2015
In this case, petitioners supported by the Colombian Coalition for the Right to Education filed a claim with the Constitutional Court of Colombia challenging a provision in the General Education La
Juma Musjid Primary School v Essay (Constitutional Court of South Africa; 2011)
2015
In this decision, the Constitutional Court of South Africa held that an eviction order obtained by an owner of private land on which a public school was located could not be enforced where it would