For immediate release Paris, 27 March 2017 The French Minister for development aid, Jean-Marie le Guen, declared last Thursday that ‘France will act against any attempt at commercialisation of education’ in international cooperation. He added that France considers that ‘education is a public service’ and ‘a common good that cannot be traded’. Mr Le Guen […]
Pour publication immédiate Paris, 27 mars 2017 Le secrétaire d’Etat français chargé du Développement et de la Francophonie, Jean-Marie le Guen, a déclaré jeudi dernier que « la France agira contre toutes les tentatives de marchandisation de l’éducation » dans la coopération internationale. Il a ajouté que la France considérait que l’éducation est « un service public » et […]
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) held its 60th session from 20 to 24 February 2017. This Update provides a summary of the meetings and key developments. This session was unusual because it was only for one week and no State dialogues were scheduled. Therefore, much of the Committee’s session was held in […]
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) welcomed a full house on 21 February for its Day of Discussion on economic, social and cultural rights in the context of business activities. Under discussion was the Committee’s draft General Comment[1] on this topic which has generated a great deal of interest, evidenced by 62 […]
GI-ESCR will be presenting at the two panels below during the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference on March 5-9 in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss the impact of private actors and low-fee schooling on the right to education. CIES is a major annual conference on global education issues. Monday 6th March, 5:00 - 6:30 pm ‘Understanding commercial low-fee […]
HRC34 NGO Oral Statement Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 1-2 March 2017 The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, on the financialisation of housing. This important topic was at the heart of […]
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