This insightful book analyses the process of the first adoption of guiding human rights principles for education, the Abidjan Principles. It explains the development of the Abidjan Principles, including their articulation of the right to education, the state obligation to provide quality public education, and the role of private actors in education.

Multidisciplinary in approach, both legal and education scholars address key issues on the right to education, including parental rights in education, the impact of school choice, and evidence about inequities arising from private involvement in education at the global level.

Focusing on East African and francophone countries, as well as the global level, chapters explore the role and impact of private actors and privatization in education. The book concludes by calling for the rights outlined in the Abidjan Principles not to remain locked in text, but for states to take responsibility and be held to account for delivering them, as promised in international human rights treaties.

Interpreting human rights law as requiring that states provide a quality public education, this book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of education policy, human rights, and education law. It will also be beneficial for policy makers, practitioners, and advocacy groups working on the right to education.

About the Author
Edited by Frank Adamson, Assistant Professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, California State University, Sacramento, US, Sylvain Aubry, Research and Legal Advisor, The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Kenya, Mireille de Koning, Program Officer, Open Society Education Support Program, Open Society Foundations, UK and Delphine Dorsi, Director, Right to Education Initiative (RTE), UK

Reviews
'The Abidjan Principles on the right to education have become a major reference tool for all, contributing to a dynamic process towards the implementation of the right to free, public, quality and inclusive education for all and leading the way for further action. At a time when we all hope to build back better, reading Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education is a must for our common world.' -- Koumba Boly Barry, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education



Book Information
ISBN 9781839106026
Author Frank Adamson
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd