A/70/342 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 8/4, 17/3 and 26/17. The Special Rapporteur builds on previous reports on regulating private providers in education and safeguarding education as a public good (A/HRC/29/30) and privatization and the right to education (A/69/402). As demonstrated in the latter report, besides undermining the norms and principles of the right to education, as laid down in international human rights conventions, privatization is detrimental to education as a public good. 2. The rapid expansion of privatization caused by the deregulation and liberalization of the education sector has facilitated a push towards public-private partnerships. Those partnerships are inextricably linked with privatization. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur examines the global dynamics of public private partnerships in education. He highlights the challenges of public-private partnerships in education in safeguarding education as a public good, bearing in mind the international legal framework for the right to education, as well as the principles of social justice and equity. The Special Rapporteur propo ses a regulatory framework based on certain key principles of the right to education. Lastly, he offers a set of recommendations with a view to developing an effective regulatory framework for public-private partnerships in education, in keeping with State obligations for the right to education, as laid down in international human rights conventions. 3. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur undertook missions to Bhutan and Algeria and presented his thematic report on protecting education from commercialization to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-ninth session (A/HRC/29/30). In the report, he examined how the right to education can be protected from commercialization, with a focus on the chall enges arising from forprofit private schools. 4. The Special Rapporteur also participated in public events on education and continued to collaborate with States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). 5. On 25 August, 2014, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture on the post-2015 development agenda and the right to education at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi. 6. On 26 August, he addressed officials of various states of India during an orientation workshop on the Right to Education Act at the National University for Educational Planning in New Delhi. 7. On 2 September, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture at the Indian Society of International Law in New Delhi on the theme of “The right to e ducation as a human right: challenges and prospects for India”. 8. On 21 October, he participated in a side event in New York hosted by Transparency International and Penal Reform International on corruption and its impact on human rights. 9. On 28 October, he was hosted by the Open Society Foundation to speak on his report to the General Assembly on privatization and the right to education (A/69/402). 15-12538 3/25