On 20-21 November 2024, our ECCE Programme Manager, Rajakumari Michael, and our director, Delphine Dorsi, participated in the inaugural Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Global Report on ECCE organized by UNESCO in Paris and online.

The meeting gathered key stakeholders active in advancing the ECCE agenda according to the Tashkent Declaration, including: 

UNESCO has just launched a consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education. The deadline to contribute is 31 of January 2025.

The Right to Education Initiative, together with a working group of experts including representatives from UNESCO, the UN Special Rapporteur’s Office, civil society, and academia, facilitates the process of drafting these Guiding Principles.

On 10 December 2024, to celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948, our  Director, Delphine Dorsi, spoke at a seminar organised by the Irish Network for Education Worldwide on ‘Education - A Human Right under Threat’, where she emphasised the importance of education as a fundamental human right.

In October 2024, at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, presented her thematic report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. 

On 30 September 2024, our Director, Delphine Dorsi, spoke at an event on protecting the right to early childhood care and education (ECCE) during crisis organised by UNESCO with the  support of the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait and the permanent mission of Colombia to the UN in Geneva.

On 10 July 2024, the Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution establishing an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of exploring the possibility of, elaborating and submitting to the Human Rights Council a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary educ

On 27 June 2024, at the 56^th session of the Human Rights Council, the Right to Education Initiative (RTE), co-organised, with the Global Advocacy Group on ECCE Rights, a side event on ‘Guiding Principles on Early Childhood Care and education (ECCE) Rights: A Way Towards Strengthening the International and National Normative Framework’. This event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Delegations of Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Sierra Leone.

On 18-19 June 2024, RTE’s Director, Delphine Dorsi, took part in a dialogue on the right to education organised by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, the university of Geneva and the UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva, as part of their initiative ‘UNESCO & Human Rights Dialogues, launched in 2021.

In June 2024, at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, presented her thematic report on 'Academic Freedom' and urged States and other stakeholders, including public and private educational institutions, to implement the ‘Principles for Implementing t