Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 62
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Privatization adversely affects education as it "recast[s] education not as a public or societal good grounded in democratic principles of justice and equal opportunity but as an individual, atomized and personalized private good". Private, for-profit schools disregard basic norms and standards and undermine education as a societal good.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/30, para. 62.