Bede Sheppard
Bede Sheppard - sheppab[at]hrw.org - is the children’s rights deputy director at Human Rights Watch. For 15 years he has specialized in investigating the right to education in situations of armed conflict and peace. He has conducted human rights investigations in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Japan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, and Yemen.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 November 2024 Organizing for a new treaty on free public education
Bede Sheppard
World Children’s Day is celebrated annually on 20 November. The date is auspicious for children’s rights as it coincides with the date on which the United Nations adopted both the Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
Organizing for a new treaty on free public education