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Realising the Abidjan Principles and the Right to Education

The following a short videos by authors of the chapters of the book giving a summary of what the chapter talks about.

Chapter 2: Human rights guiding principles: A forward-looking retrospective

Chapter 3: Is there a right to public education?

Chapter 4: Parental rights in education under international law: Nature and scope

Chapter 5: State funding of private education: The role of human rights

Chapter 6: Evidence on school choice and the human right to education

Chapter 7: How and why policy design matters: Understanding the diverging effects of public-private partnerships in education

Chapter 8: The growth of private actors in education in East Africa

Chapter 9: The evolution and forms of privatisation within francophone countries

Chapter 10: Strengthening the implementation of the Abidjan Principles

Animation Videos on Abidjan Principles

These animation short videos explain various thematic areas of the Abidjan Principles.

Video series on the Abidjan Principles: Towards the second anniversary

The Abidjan Principles turned two on 13 February 2021. To commemorate this historic period for the right to education, we released a series of five videos, every week from 15 January 2021, until the anniversary of the Abidjan Principles on 12 February 2021. The first four videos contain testimonies from the main actors that were involved in the Abidjan Principles, with many being shot during the conference itself. The last video is an animation presenting an overview of the Principles. You can find the new videos on our You Tube channel.

The five videos are now available in French; the Spanish videos will be available soon!

Interviews of experts and participannts

Global experts on education and human rights provide insight into what are the Abidjan Principles and how they are important to their work.

Mr Ibrahima Kane de l'Open Society Initiative for West Africa explique l'importance des Principes d'Abidjan.
Mme Koumba Boly Barry, Rapporteuse spéciale sur le droit à l'éducation, explique comment elle peut utiliser les Principes d'Abidjan.
Mr Ibrahima Kane de l'Open Society Initiative for West Africa explique comment les Principes d'Abidjan peuvent être utilisés.
Prof Sandra Fredman, Member of the Drafting Committee, Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA, University of Oxford; Director, Oxford Human Rights Hub and Honorary Queen's Counsel, explains why developing the Abidjan Principles is important for the right to education.
Prof Aoife Nolan, member of the Drafting Committee for the Abidjan Principles, Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham, and Member of the Council of Europe European Committee of Social Rights, explains why developing the Abidjan Principles is important for the right to education.

Prof. Ann Skelton, Chair of the Draft Committee for the Abidjan Principles, talks about what is the right to education, and why it is important.

Binota Moy Dhamai, Executive member, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples (Adivasi) Forum, explains what are the Abidjan Principles. On 12-13 of February 2019, over 20 distinguished education and human rights experts met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to finalise and adopt the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education.
David Archer, Head of Public Services, ActionAid International and Chair of the Board, Right to Education Initiative, explains how the Abidjan Principles are useful to his work. On 12-13 of February 2019, over 20 distinguished education and human rights experts met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to finalise and adopt the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education.
Benyam Dawit Mezmur, member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) of the African Union, explains the Abidjan Principles.
Commissioner Jamesina King, African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights and Chairperson of the working group on the economic, social and cultural rights explains what are the Abidjan Principles.
David Archer, Head of Public Services, ActionAid International and Chair of the Board, Right to Education Initiative, explains what are the Abidjan Principles. On 12-13 of February 2019, over 20 distinguished education and human rights experts met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to finalise and adopt the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education.
Salima Namusobya, Executive Director, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights talks about what is the right to education, and why it is important. On 12-13 of February 2019 over 20 distinguished education and human rights experts will meet in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to review and finalise new guiding principles on the right to education.

Abidjan Principles event recordings

Events to celebrate the Abidjan Principles anniversary and to discuss core aspects of the text occur each year. Past recordings can be found here, or on the Abidjan Principles YouTube channel.