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New report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education focuses on the right to be safe in education

Delphine Dorsi — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:12:09 +0000

In June 2025, at the 59th 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 the right to be safe in education. She strongly urged States and other stakeholders, ‘to recognise the right of everyone to be safe in education as an integral element of the right to education’.

Financing a public future - A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day

Delphine Dorsi — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:14:25 +0000

On 23 June, United Nations Public Services Day, we - more than thirty civil society organisations from around the world - are issuing a joint statement. A few days before the Financing for Development Conference (FFD4) in Seville, we call on governments to act collectively to reform the international financial architecture and guarantee the right of all to quality public services, including education.

Financing a public future - A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day

Delphine Dorsi — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:14:25 +0000

Financing a public future - A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day

Delphine Dorsi — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:14:25 +0000

Financing a public future - A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day

Delphine Dorsi — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:14:25 +0000

RTE published a new guide on Monitoring ECCE from a human rights perspective

Delphine Dorsi — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:00:40 +0000

On 16 April 2025, the Right to Education Initiative (RTE) held an online event to mark the launch of a new guide focused on Monitoring the Right to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) from a Human Rights' Perspective.

9 years after, UN Human Rights Committee reiterates its concerns about the UK’s financial support to private for profit low-cost private education project

Delphine Dorsi — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:09:43 +0000

PRESS RELEASE

Retour sur célébration de la Journée internationale de l'éducation à l'Hôtel du Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères de la France

Delphine Dorsi — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:11:32 +0000

J'ai célébré aujourd'hui la Journée internationale de l'éducation à l'Hôtel du Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères de la France. Deux tables rondes étaient organisées, avec des acteurs de haut niveau de l'éducation et du développement, autour de deux sujets :

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24 January 2025

Consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education

Delphine Dorsi — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:24:11 +0000

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.

Consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education

Delphine Dorsi — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:24:11 +0000

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.