Article 28: Education

KYRGYZSTAN: Shortage of kindergartens impacting negatively on schooling
15/Sep/2014 News
Country's shortage of kindergartens have driven the few families who can afford it into private schools of debatable quality.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/Sep/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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UKRAINE: A troubled return to school for displaced children
4/Sep/2014 News
Families forced out of their homes by conflict try to resume life in unfamiliar surroundings.
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FRANCE: Parisian suburb accused of gender stereotyping over school satchels
2/Sep/2014 News
Row sparked by mayor of a wealthy suburb handing out pink bags for girls and blue for boys for new school year.
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SYRIA: Refugees trigger child labour boom in Turkey
2/Sep/2014 News
Thousands of young refugees are missing out on school to support families left destitute after fleeing the fighting in Syria.
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BRASIL: Polémica medida de militarización de las escuelas
27/Aug/2014 News
Para los educadores, la medida impone el "miedo" y no ataca las causas del problema
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GENDER: The most outrageous ways schools are trying to enforce gender stereotypes
21/Aug/2014 News
By policing children's gender expressions, schools are ultimately reinforcing stereotypes.
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FRANCE : trop d’enfants roms empêchés d’aller à l’école
4/Aug/2014 News
L’obstruction administrative des maires et les évacuations de campements sont à la source de la plupart des déscolarisations, selon une étude dévoilée le 28 juillet par l’association European roma rights center. La Croix, 28 juillet 2014.
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Constitutional Petition No. 37 of 2012
Fri, 22/11/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning "ghost schools" and the right to education in Pakistan.
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Chief Executive Officer for Education v. Gibbons
Thu, 03/10/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a child forced to strip at school amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment in Fiji.
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