States and Panelists Tackle Equal Enjoyment of the Right to Education for Girls
On June 16, IIMA and VIDES attended the “Panel on Realizing the Equal Enjoyment of the Right to Education by Every Girl” to end the second full day of the 29th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The President of the HRC, Joachim Rucker, introduced the panel, noting that still close to 62 million girls around the world are not in school, and many suffer attacks only because they wish to attend. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner, then gave his report, setting the scene for the panel by pointing out the barriers that girls worldwide...