Background papers
Ten background papers were commissioned by the Secretariat on various aspects of the Abidjan Principles. The papers have been compiled in a book titled, “Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education: Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education”
It mixes cutting-edge legal and social research papers, providing a multidisciplinary analysis on some of the most critical issues in contemporary education discussions, from public-private partnerships to the right to public education.
The book provides an insight into the richness of the reflections that led to the adoption of the Abidjan Principles. The background papers produced for the development of the guiding principles are:
Chapter 1: Developing human rights guiding principles on State obligations regarding private education (Sylvain Aubry, Mireille de Koning, and Frank Adamson);
Chapter 2: Human rights guiding principles: a forward-looking retrospective (Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona);
Chapter 3: Is there a right to public education? (Jacqueline Mowbray);
Chapter 4: Parental rights in education under international law: nature and scope (Roman Zinigrad);
Chapter 5: State funding of private education: the role of human rights (Sandra Fredman);
Chapter 6: Evidence on school choice and the human right to education (Joanna Härmä);
Chapter 7: How and why policy design matters: understanding the diverging effects of public–private partnerships in education (Antoni Verger, Mauro C. Moschetti, and Clara Fontdevila);
Chapter 8: The growth of private actors in education in East Africa (Linda Oduor-Noah);
Chapter 9: The evolution and forms of education privatisation within francophone countries (Marie-France Lange); and,
Chapter 10: Strengthening the implementation of the Abidjan Principles (Frank Adamson, Delphine Dorsi, and Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona)
The book is edited by Frank Adamson, Sylvain Aubry, Mireille de Koning and Delphine Dorsi, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing in NORRAG’s series on International Education and Development.
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