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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
History RePPPeated II - Why Public-Private Partnerships are not the solution
Type: Research
Author(s): Eurodad
Publisher(s): Eurodad
Language(s): English, Spanish
State of Tax Justice 2022
Type: Research
Author(s): Tax justice Network
Publisher(s): Tax justice Network
Language(s): English, Spanish, French
General comment 7 state obligations under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights in the context of Private Provision of Social Services
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
Publisher(s): African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
Language(s): English
Education versus austerity
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): ActionAid and Education International (EI)
Publisher(s): ActionAid and Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Thematic Action Track 5 on Financing of education discussion paper (Transforming Education Summit 2022)
Type: Research
Author(s): United Nations Transforming Education Summit
Publisher(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Language(s): English, Spanish, French
Transparency of Private Commercial Education Providers: A case study of Bridge International Academies
Type: Research
Author(s): Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)
Publisher(s): Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)
Language(s): English
Digital Technologies and Human Rights: a Legal Framework
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Publisher(s): International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Language(s): English
The impact of the digitalisation of education on the right to education.
Type: Research
Author(s): Koumbou Boly Barry
Publisher(s): United Nations
Language(s): English, Arabic, Russian , French, Mandarin, Spanish
The New Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and the Valorization of Education Professionals in Brazil and the Public-Private Partnerships in Early Childhood Education…
Type: Research
Author(s): Andressa Pellanda & Koumbou Boly Barry
Publisher(s): FINEDUCA – Revista de Financiamento da Educação
Language(s): English
Private schools in India: Experiences of Dalits and Adivasis (Oxfam India Policy Brief).
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Anjela Taneja & Noopur
Publisher(s): Oxfam India
Language(s): English
Building and strengthening the legal framework on ECCE rights
Type: Research
Author(s): Sharlene Bianchi et al.
Publisher(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Language(s): English
Educação + Impostos = Vidas transformadas
Type: Audio
Author(s): Brazilian Campaign for the Right to Education, Tax Justice Network, TaxEd Alliance
Publisher(s): Brazilian Campaign for the Right to Education, Tax Justice Network, TaxEd Alliance
Language(s): Portugese
Impactos del endeudamiento en la realización del derecho humano a la educación – resúmen ejecutivo
Type: Research
Author(s): Francisco Cantamutto & Agostina Costantino
Publisher(s): CLADE, Oxfam IBIS, Education Out Loud, GPE
Language(s): Spanish
Non-state actors in education 2021/2 GEM Report
Type: Research
Author(s): Global Education Monitoring Report Team
Publisher(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Language(s): English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese
The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end
Type: Research
Author(s): Education International, ActionAid, Public Services International
Publisher(s): Education International, ActionAid, Public Services International
Language(s): English, Spanish, French
Public education works: Lessons from five case studies in low- and middle-income countries (Research Brief). Education Before Profit.
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Frank Adamson & Marina Avelar
Publisher(s): Public Education and Human Rights Coalition (PEHRC)
Language(s): English, French, Spanish
Public Education Works: Lessons From Five Case Studies In Low-And Middle-Income Countries
Type: Research
Author(s): Marina Avelar & Frank Adamson
Publisher(s): Public Education and Human Rights Coalition (PEHRC)
Language(s): English
Tax Justice & Human Rights: The 4 Rs and the realisation of rights
Type: Research
Author(s): Liz Nelson
Publisher(s): Tax justice Network
Language(s): English, Spanish
Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Language(s): English
Webinar series: equity, privatization, and the right to education
Type: Video
Author(s): Ashina Mtsumi et al.
Publisher(s): UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO IIEP)
Language(s): English
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