The concluding Observations followed Uganda’s initial review by the Committee on 10 and 11 June, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, 28 years since Uganda ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
On 13th May 2015, over 100 civil society organisations signed a statement expressing concern over the World Bank’s support for low-fee, for-profit private education as a means to alleviate poverty in Kenya and Uganda.
Read the Statement and access key documents here:
English: http://www.right-to-education.org/news/joint-statement-world-bank-support-privatisation-education
French: http://www.right-to-education.org/fr/news/d-claration-commune-concernant-le-soutien-de-la-banque-mondiale-la-privatisation-de-l
ISER Executive Director- Ms. Salima Namusobya, was appointed as an expert member of the Working Group on Economic, Social And Cultural Rights in Africa at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 17th Extraordinary Session held from 19 to 28 February 2015 in Banjul, The Gambia.
Please visit link for the communiqué and to see other members: http://www.achpr.org/sessions/17th-eo/resolutions/296/