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“Building Back Better” by Including Parents
Intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development OIDEL has participated in the Intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that took place online on January 18th, 2022. The meeting was organized around three main themes: investing in…
UNESCO International Seminar on the Evolving Right to Education (December 7 and 8, 2021).
On December 7 and 8 of the present year, UNESCO held an International Seminar on the Evolving Right to Education and to encourage the better exercising of this right. This dialogue included country representatives, experts, as well as civil society members, to discuss about the challenges when exercising this universal right, as well as the need to ensure quality education.
General Assembly of the European Committee for Catholic Education (Athens) – 22nd and 23rd October
The 22nd and the 23rd of October took place in the city of Athens (Greece) the General Assembly of the European Committee for Catholic Education (ECCE). The ECCE is the institution that gathers all the national representations of Catholic Schools in Europe. The General Assembly took important decisions, as the appointment of Louis Marie Piron…
Webinar about the COVID-19 and its impact on the exercise of the right to education worldwide
Webinar: A “common good” approach to COVID-19 in the field of education Last Tuesday July 7, OIDEL organized a new webinar about the COVID-19 and its impact on the exercise of the right to education worldwide. With Ignasi Grau as a mediator, different panelists and attendees joined via Zoom to address the importance of education…
COVID19, education and the Rapport from the Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
During the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, a topic which was relevant to most- if not all- countries was the impat on the COVID-19 pandemic on the right to education. This pandemic has represented a major health, economic and social crissi, while also having a great impact on the education system. The…
Who We Are
Who We Are Defending the right to education since 1985 OIDEL is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation with consultative status with the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. Legally recognised as a public interest association under Swiss law, OIDEL’s primary mission is the promotion of the right to education as a fundamental human right…
International Congress OIEC- 2019- New York
The International Congress of Catholic Teaching was held at Fordham University in New York from June 5th to June 8th. On June 7th and 8th all the working sessions took place at Fordham University.OIDEL organized a Lab to explain the importance of organizations such as the OIEC to be present before international bodies such as the United…
Debate in the Human Rights Council on privatization and the role of non-governamental schools
The Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education took place on July 26th and 27th during the 41th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva. In this session, the Special Rapporteur’s report on the right to education and in particular on the increase of private actors’ s participation on the field…