Burundi
The GALE Right to Education Monitor still has to be done in Burundi.
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Score on the GALE Checklist
| Item | Forbidden | Discouraged | No policy | Encouraged | Supported | No data | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Full access to schools? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Homosexuality is a crime punishable by definitive exclusion of the education system in Burundi (Art9) |
| 2. Freedom of self expression? | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
| 3. Protection against bullying? | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
| 4. No drop-out? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | This report is in french and shws how DESPOGI are descriminated. Download Report. |
| 5. Equal performance? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | As mentioned previously, once they can be banned from education system there is a certain disinterest on them. |
| 6. Is there public information? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Burundi, for the first time in its history introduced the criminalization of sexual practices of people of the same sex legislation in its April 22, 2009: section 567 of the new Penal Code. |
| 7. Attention in school resources? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
| 8. Resources for LGBT students? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | The provision 567 of the Penal Code of Burundi in April 2009 criminalizing same sex practice was a remarkable regression which thus prevents the development of DESPOGI either in the same company or at school |
| 9. Support services open to LGBT? | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
| 10. Peer-learning opportunities? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | x | There is no data on this but what I know is that the provision 567 of the Criminal Code can be used by authorities to prevent promotion of homosexuality. |
| 11. Is staff supportive? | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Some are, others are not! But as you may read it in this report, many headmasters of schools are doubtful on the application of the provision and think it is something impossible to implement and something unnecessary! |
| 12. Is staff competent to teach? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | x | no comments |
| 13. Is staff competent to support? | x | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
| 14. Supportive school environment? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | x | no comments |
| 15. Employment protection for staff? | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | no comments |
The score is 58% forbidden (denying), 42% discouraged or no policy (ambiguous), 0% encouraged or supportive (supportive). We score this country therefore as denying.
This report is based on one respondent, who based the results on the Burundi report on education 2012.
Relevant Conventions
| Convention against Discrimination in Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on Technical and Vocational Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
Links to interesting articles
- UPR 2013 recommendation on education. The UPR report of 2013 recommends to revise its education policy that further entrenches discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, see page 26. (May 2013).
- Burundi report on education, 2012
- Human rights Watch report 'Forbidden: Gays and Lesbians in Burundi (September 2011).
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This page was last updated on 8 March 2013.