The UK’s financial support to low-cost private education in developing countries in contravention of human rights, says again UN experts

In a landmark report, which has just been published, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) expressed its concerns that in some cases the UK’s development aid “has been reportedly used for activities in contravention of economic, social and cultural rights in the receiving countries.”

This is the second time within less than a month that UN experts have spoken out on the legality of UK development aid under international law.