{"id":51880,"date":"2024-06-11T16:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=51880"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:38:36","slug":"following-forced-closure-of-catholic-teachers-college-bishops-sue-bolivian-state-take-case-to-international-human-rights-enforcer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/bolivia-teachers-college","title":{"rendered":"Following forced closure of Catholic Teachers College, Bishops sue Bolivian state, take case to international human rights enforcer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"51880\" class=\"elementor elementor-51880\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e2e7e2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e2e7e2c\" 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data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\">Bolivian Catholic Conference of Bishops <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\">challenge<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\"> government\u2019s forced closure of their <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW254937237 BCX0\">teachers<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254937237 BCX0\"> college.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">Facing a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">clear violation of religious and education freedoms, ADF International <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">files challenge<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\"> on behalf of bishops,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">before the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\"> Inter<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">-A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">merican <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62132334 BCX0\">Commission on Human Rights.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258d9d5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"258d9d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Hague-Netherlands.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-51898\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Hague-Netherlands.webp 614w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Hague-Netherlands-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378b28df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378b28df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WASHINGTON, DC (11 June 2024)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u2013 ADF International has filed a case with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Bolivian Catholic Conference of Bishops against the Bolivian State for the forced closure of their teachers college.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The college, Instituto Normal Superior Cat\u00f3lico Sedes Sapientiae (INSCSS), was forcibly closed by the state in 2010 to monopolize teacher training. At that time, the newly passed Education Act ordered the closure of the two existing teacher training schools operated by the Catholic and Adventist churches, in addition to barring the creation of any future private institutions offering degrees for educators.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Both the Bolivian Constitution and international law protect the right to educational and religious freedom, including the right to create and operate educational institutions. Bolivian authorities have blatantly violated both of these rights by forcibly closing the Catholic teachers college,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d said Tom\u00e1s Henr\u00edquez, ADF International\u2019s Director of Advocacy for Latin America, serving as one of the lead legal advisors to the Bishops\u2019 Conference.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is our hope that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will take this case and hold the Bolivian state accountable for these blatant human rights violations. Such overt violations of fundamental freedoms cannot be allowed to stand.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International filed the petition with the IACHR on behalf of the Bishops\u2019 Conference after Constitutional Tribunal refused to take up a constitutional challenge on behalf of the Catholic Bishop\u2019s by Centro de Estudios Jur\u00eddicos Tom\u00e1s Moro, an ADF International allied organization.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42df7c76 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"42df7c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cIt is our hope that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will take this case and hold the Bolivian state accountable for these blatant human rights violations. Such overt violations of fundamental freedoms cannot be allowed to stand.\u201d   \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Tom\u00e1s Henr\u00edquez, ADF International\u2019s Director of Advocacy for Latin America<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162f105b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"162f105b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa67084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fa67084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By nationalizing the provision teacher training in Bolivia and decreeing the closure of the INSCSS, the Bolivian State is in violation of international human rights law, which is incorporated into its law by virtue of constitutional mandate.\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Article 13.4 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) protects the \u201cliberty of individuals and bodies to establish and direct educational institutions, subject \u2026 to the requirement that the education given in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the State\u201d. Bolivia\u2019s legislation runs afoul of human rights law by establishing a blanket prohibition on the freedom of organizations and churches to establish and operate teachers colleges, and failing to establish the minimal requirements which would allow them to do so.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The INSCSS was created on February 23, 1956 at the request of Archbishop Abel Antezana of La Paz. The purpose of the college was (i) to train teachers for initial, primary, and secondary levels of education; (ii) to certify its graduates as teachers; and (iii) to process the registration of its graduates according to Bolivian national teaching standards.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The INSCSS has trained over 12,750 teachers, and has produced 125 educational texts, including 14 written in different indigenous languages to meet the needs of Bolivians. In addition, the INSCSS has received several distinctions from different mayors and governors for its contributions to culture, education, and development in Bolivia. Some notable distinctions include the highest Bolivian state distinction, the National Decoration of the Order of the Condor of the Andes, as well as decorations from the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia for its outstanding work in teacher training.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2010, the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia issued the Education Act under Law No. 070, also known as the \u201cAvelino Si\u00f1ani Law,\u201d which nationalized teacher training. The law usurped the freedom of institutions to train teachers, giving the State exclusive competence over the matter. At the same time, it ordered the closure of private teacher training institutes. Subsequently, the INSCSS was closed.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the forced closure, the Bishops\u2019 Conference filed a petition to reopen the teachers&#8217; college with the Bolivian Ministry of Education, along with a constitutional challenge to the Education Act. 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