(Paris, 13 February 2019) As today marks the first anniversary of the adoption of the Abidjan Principles on the right to education organisations around the world are celebrating the significant renewed momentum for the right to education that developed in just a year. 

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights recognises the Abidjan Principles in resolution on privatisation of education and health.

The Abidjan Principles on the right to education were published on Tuesday 21st March 2019.

(13 February 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire): A group of human rights experts from around the world adopted the Abidjan Principles on the right to education today, following three years of consultations, reflection and drafting. The Abidjan Principles seek to strengthen existing efforts to ensure that everyone’s right to education is protected in the context of growing, and often unregulated private actor involvement in education.

Experts from around the world set to meet in Abidjan to adopt new guiding principles on the right to education.