Institutional Autonomy and the Protection of Higher Education from Attack
This study examines the relationship between institutional autonomy and the security of higher education institutions from violent and coercive attacks. The paper includes a review of the limited literature available, as well as a series of examples illustrating different forms of attacks. These include arrests related to classroom content in Zimbabwe, sectarian divisions in Iraq, impunity for murders of academics in Pakistan, and physical intimidation on campuses in Tunisia. The study suggests that institutional autonomy plays a direct and indirect protective function.
Protecting Internally Displaced Persons: A Manual for Law and Policy Makers, October 2008
This manual provides guidance to national authorities seeking to prepare and enact domestic legislation and policies addressing internal displacement in their country.
Chapter 15 is about the protection of education during and after displacement.
Natural Disasters and Internally Displaced Persons’ Rights
A short article on natural disasters and internally displaced persons’ rights. Includes a section on access to education.
Education for Internally Displaced Persons: Poor Marks
A short articlet on the barriers internally displaced persons are likely to face with regard to education.
Learning in Displacement: Briefing paper on the right to education of internally displaced people
This paper introduces a series of case studies looking at education for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It examines the international human rights law framework for guaranteeing education to IDPs, focusing on issues such as non-discrimination and documentation that are particularly likely to arise in this context.
Displaced Futures: Internally Displaced Persons and the Right to Education
This paper argues that education for internally displaced persons is essential, both as a human right enshrined in international law and as a component of the peace-building process.
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Francis M. Deng, the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons (1992-2004), developped these guidelines in 1998. It is a set of 30 recommendations, which define who Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are, outline the large body of existing international law protecting people’s basic rights, and describe the responsibility of states. Although not legally binding, they constitute a comprehensive minimum standard for the treatment of IDPs and are being applied by a growing number of states and institutions.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education: Financing Education and Update on Education in Emergencies
INEE Reference Guide on External Education Financing
The purpose of the INEE Reference Guide on External Education Financing is to enable national decision-makers in low-income countries, including those in fragile situations, to better understand the ways in which donors provide education assistance, how various funding mechanisms work and why donors choose one funding mechanism over another to support education. In addition, it is hoped that this publication will help increase education policy-makers’ awareness of the types of external assistance used to fill gaps in domestic education funding at the field level.