ARCHIVE June, 2016
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Countries retain extra-territorial human rights obligations for decisions within inter-governmental organizations The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recently released the Concluding Observations on France. Paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 deal with extra-territorial obligations (ETOs) in the context of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and development […]
June 27, 2016 in Uncategorized by admin
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Press statement (Geneva, 16 June 2016) A week after the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concerns about the UK’s funding of commercial private schools in developing countries, today another UN body challenged the UK on the legality of how it spends its development aid, adding to mounting pressure on the UK […]
June 17, 2016 in Press Releases, Right to education by admin
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Human rights and social services campaigner We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic human rights and social service campaigner to build on the momentum of our program on privatisation in education and work with GI-ESCR and partners to transform the progress made into public mobilisation and concrete change. We are looking for someone to start […]
June 16, 2016 in Uncategorized by admin
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To remain informed about key developments on private actors and the right to education, sign up to our mailing list: http://bit.ly/privatnews In French: http://bit.ly/1V1L0uo (London, 10 June 2016) In an unprecedented statement made public on 9 June 2016, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) expressed concerns about the UK “funding of […]
June 10, 2016 in Press Releases, Right to education by admin
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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Movement ATD Fourth World are pleased to invite you to a side event organized with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, on the theme of “Taking social and economic rights more seriously.” The objectives of the event are […]
June 8, 2016 in Uncategorized by admin
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Download the letter here in English! Téléchargez la letter ici en français ! ¡Descargue la carta aquí en español! Download ISHR’s new briefing paper on economic, social and cultural rights defenders here! (Geneva) - A cross-regional coalition of over 300 civil society organisations today called upon the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) to […]
June 6, 2016 in Uncategorized by admin
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The Finance Minister in Nepal presented on 28th May the budget for the fiscal year 2016/17 in Parliament. The Government proposes to set aside only Rs. 116 billion for the education sector. This is a sharp decline in the State’s expenditure on education, dropping from 12.04% of the total national budget last year to just […]
June 4, 2016 in Right to education by admin
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