O direito à educação básica em Angola: desafios e problemas à luz do direito internacional dos direitos humanos

Abstract

The present study illuminates the effectiveness of the right to primary education in Angola, analyzing the period from 2002 to 2010. Being written from the viewpoint of international human rights law, it seeks to answer to basic questions: First, what are exactly Angola´s international duties with regard to the implementation right to primary education? Secondly, has Angola fulfilled them adequately? For answering the first question, the study identifies the international human rights treaties Angola has ratified or adhered to and maps the obligations that can be derived from the right to primary education. The hypothesis is that Angola has compliance problems and possibly is violating specific duties. There, in order to answer the second question, the study goes beyond the discussion of bibliography available, analyzing official data and alternative sources. As it is shown, Angola has in deed serious problems to implement effectively its international obligation, however, it cannot be stated that is has violated them. This is primarily due to serious efforts to progressively implement the right to education in a rather complicated as well as complex setting.