Resources
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PEHRC’s resource hub brings together key evidence on the challenges faced by our public education systems globally, including the privatisation in and of education, for policymakers, researchers and education advocates.
Key Resource on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles
The Abidjan Principles are a tool for governments, courts and education advocates to defend education as a human right.
Developed through extensive consultations across five continents, the Principles clarify States' obligations to provide public education and to regulate private actors.
Resource Library
The implementation of the right to education and Sustainable Development Goal 4 in the context of the growth of private actors in education
Type: Research
Author(s): Farida Shaheed
Publisher(s): United Nations (UN)
Language(s): English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian
Public good over private profit: A toolkit for civil society to resist the privatisation of education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Caroline Pearce, Jo Walker & Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Publisher(s): Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Language(s): English
Privatisation and the sale of public school lands in Mauritania
Type: Research
Author(s): AFCF, COMEDUC &GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): AFCF, COMEDUC &GI-ESCR
Language(s): English
Low Cost Private Schools: School choice for the poor at the expense of quality?
Type: Research
Author(s): The East African centre for Human Rights (EACHRights)
Publisher(s): The East African centre for Human Rights (EACHRights)
Language(s): English
Financing education: why should tax justice be part of the solution?
Type: Research
Author(s): Maria Ron Balsera et al.
Publisher(s): A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Language(s): English
Public good over private profit: A toolkit for civil society to resist the privatisation of education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Caroline Pearce & Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Publisher(s): Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Language(s): English, Spanish, French
Whose children go to Bridge International Academies?
Type: Research
Author(s): ActionAid
Publisher(s): ActionAid
Language(s): English
Guide to: Human rights guiding principles on state obligations regarding private schools
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): RTE, OSF & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): RTE, OSF & GI-ESCR
Language(s): English
What do the new data on Bridge International Academies tell us about their impact on human rights? A five-point analysis.
Type: Research
Author(s): ISER, EachRights & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): ISER, EachRights & GI-ESCR
Language(s): English
Bridge vs. Reality: a study of Bridge International Academies’ for-profit schooling in Kenya
Type: Research
Author(s): Education International (EI) & Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)
Publisher(s): EI & KNUT
Language(s): English
A Methodological Guide to Human Rights Research & Advocacy on the Role of Private Actors in Education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR )& Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Publisher(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Language(s): English, French
Public-private partnerships and the right to education
Type: Research
Author(s): Kishore Singh
Publisher(s): United Nations (UN)
Language(s): English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian
Protecting the right to education against commercialisation
Type: Research
Author(s): Kishore Singh
Publisher(s): United Nations (UN)
Language(s): English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian
How to Use Human Rights Mechanisms (2/3)
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE), Privatisation in Education Research Initiative (PERI) & Global Initiative on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Language(s): English, French
Private Actors in Education & Human Rights: A Practical Methodology to Tackle the Negative Effects of Privatisation in Education on the Right to Education (1/3)
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): RTE, PERI & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Language(s): English, French
Case-Studies on Parallel Reporting to Tackle Privatisation in Education (3/3)
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): RTE, PERI & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Language(s): English
Privatisation of Schools - Selling Out the Right to Quality Public Education for All
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Carol Anne Spreen et al.
Publisher(s): Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT)
Language(s): English
Fighting to Learn… A Legal Resource for Realising the Right to Education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Legal Resources Center
Publisher(s): Legal Resources Center
Language(s): English
Privatisation of Education: Global Trends of Human Rights Impact
Type: Research
Author(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Publisher(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Language(s): English
Training Module on Privatisation and the Right to Education: Slides
Type: Other
Author(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Publisher(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Language(s)
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