In a press release published today,  the UN Committee on the Right of the Child (CRC)  welcomes Spain’s decision to allow a 12-year old Moroccan child to attend public school in Mellila, a spanish enclave in North Africa, setting a positive example for over 80 other similar unresolved instances.

RTE has joined 135 members and 40 allies from over 60 countries in endorsing ESCR-Net's Call to Action in response to COVID-19 (see below for full text). The Call to Action advances collective demands for a just recovery and new normal in the face of COVID19 and related systemic crises. 

RTE also helped draft a brief on the need to ensure quality data and robust monitoring practices in responses to COVID-19 that may negatively affect economic, social and cultural rights. 

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The Right to Education Initiative (RTE) is seeking new trustees with relevant skills and expertise to join our international Board of Trustees and help us to achieve our objectives. This is an opportunity for those with an interest in the right to education to join the organisation at an exciting time in its development. As a trustee, you will play an important role in helping us to realise our new three-year strategy. 

The European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors compliance with the European Social Charter refers to the Abidjan Principles (APs) in its most recent set of conclusions - which inc

The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has set a new precedent in upholding the right to education in an official commitment to freeze investments in private for-profit pre-primary, primary, and secondary (also called “K-12”) schools.

The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education has been huge. Unesco estimates that the pandemic has affected nearly 90% of the world's students. That's 1.54 billion learners out of school in 185 countries. But despite the challenges governments face in managing this crisis, human rights law is clear that these learners retain their right to education, and governments are still obliged to ensure the right to education, as well as respect for all other human rights.

In response to an increased recognition that the private actors involved in the provision of social services have ‘contributed to the low level of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights’, which have been inadequately regulated by States, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) passed a resolution to develop norms on States’ obligations to regulate private actors involved in the provision of social services (ACHPR/Res.434(EXT.OS/XXVI1)2020).