We are hosting an online seminar marking Human Rights Day to highlight education as a human right, and critically examine how major challenges, such as climate change, jeopardise the fulfilment of this right for all, drawing on recent insights from COP29.
The event will feature key speakers, including a youth advocate as well as human rights and education specialists, with contributions from the Right to Education Initiative, Education Cannot Wait, and Education International. Our distinguished speakers will examine education as a human right, its guarantees and responsibilities of states and other stakeholders, and will explore the threats climate change poses to education sharing insights from COP29.
Our exciting speaker line-up and agenda include:
- Keynote 1: Understanding Education as a Fundamental Human Right by Delphine Dorsi, Director, Right to Education Initiative
- Youth Voice Post-COP29: Why Education as a Human Right Matters by Erin Robyn O’Riordan, Youth Advocacy Panel, Plan International Ireland
- Keynote 2: Safeguarding the Right to Education Amid Climate Change: Insights from COP29 by Anfal Saqib, Education Specialist, Education Cannot Wait
- A Union’s Perspective on the Education-Climate-Nexus: Report from COP29 by Colin Matthew, Executive Officer, Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF/FEESO), Education International Affiliate
- Conversation and Q&A
The event marks Human Rights Day, observed annually on 10th December. Established by the UN General Assembly. This day celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was proclaimed on 10th December 1948, and aims to create awareness for the importance of this powerful tool.
We look forward to having you attend the event!
