[International obligations and access to remedies]

Australia back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 1 November 1945. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Ratified: 10 December 1975. Reports submitted/due: 3/4 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Ratified: 13 August 1980. Reports submitted/due: 4/5 No reservation related to the right to education. Optional Protocol: Acceded: 25 September 1991. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Ratified: 30 September 1975. Reports submitted/due: 12/14 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 28 July 1983. Reports submitted/due: 4/5 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 17 December 1990. Reports submitted/due: 1/2 No reservation related to the right to education. ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 28.02.1973 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 28.02.1973 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 15.06.1973 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 9 July 1900, as altered to 31 October 1986 There are 7 Australian constitutions, those of the 6 States, which were originally separate colonies and that of the Commonwealth of Australia, which joined the States in a federal union. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia does not include human rights guarantees.