Abstract
This article investigates the scope of the right to education as enjoyed by refugees in terms of domestic (Ugandan), regional (African) and international law. One of the main obstacles to accessing education for refugees in Uganda is financiai constraints, which the principle of burden sharing seeks to ameliorate in refugee hosting countries in the Giobai South. This principie of burden sharing lies at the heart of the Giobai Compact on Refugees (GCR) which was adopted by the United Nations Generai Assembiy to reaiise a more equitabie distribution of refugee popuiations, who are disproportionateiy found in the Giobai South within States whose financiai resources are severeiy strained. This articie expiores whether the GCR wiii increase access to the right to education of refugees in such a country, nameiy, Uganda. This right is considered to be a "multiplier" right as the degree of access to education impacts the level of enjoyment of other human rights. The articie considers whether the international and regional frameworks are likely to increase access to education for refugees in Uganda. Finally, recommendations are made to other stakeholders, namely, the Ugandan government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on how to facilitate access to education for refugee children in Uganda.
Highlights
The principles of dignity and freedom lie at the heart of the international human rights framework.2 The enjoyment of these principles is disrupted when the basic needs of individuals, such as, education, housing, health, employment, water and food, are not satisfied
This principle of burden sharing lies at the heart of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to realise a more equitable distribution of refugee populations, who are disproportionately found in the Global South within States whose financial resources are severely strained
These claims are the basis of the socio-economic rights that the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees3 (1951 UN Convention) provides to refugees
Summary
The principles of dignity and freedom lie at the heart of the international human rights framework. The enjoyment of these principles is disrupted when the basic needs of individuals, such as, education, housing, health, employment, water and food, are not satisfied. The principles of dignity and freedom lie at the heart of the international human rights framework.. The principles of dignity and freedom lie at the heart of the international human rights framework.2 The enjoyment of these principles is disrupted when the basic needs of individuals, such as, education, housing, health, employment, water and food, are not satisfied. These claims are the basis of the socio-economic rights that the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 UN Convention) provides to refugees.
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