[International obligations and access to remedies]

Austria back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 14 December 1955. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Ratified: 10 September 1978. Reports submitted/due: 2/3 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Ratified: 10 September 1978. Reports submitted/due: 3/4 No reservation related to the right to education. Optional Protocol: ratified: 10 December 1987. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Ratified: 9 May 1972. Reports submitted/due: 14/15 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 31 March 1982. Reports submitted/due: 5/6 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 6 August 1992. 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: 18.10.1950 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 10.11.1951 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 10.01.1973 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 18.09.2000. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 04.12.2001 European System Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - European Convention - ECHR Date of Ratification: 03.09.1958 No reservation related to the right to education. Protocol Nº 01 to the European Convention Date of Ratification: 03.09.1958 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Date of Ratification: 28.06.2001 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Date of Ratification: 31.03.1998 Declaration: "National Minorities" within the meaning of the framework Convention is understood to designate those groups which come within the scope of application of the Law on Ethnic groups and which live and traditionally have had their home in parts of the territory of Austria and which are composed of Austrian citizens with non-German mother tongues and with their own ethnic cultures. Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 1929 Relevant Provisions (…) Chapter I - General provisions Art.14 - Education (6) (…) Admission to public school is open to all without distinction of birth, sex, race, status, class, language and religion, and in other respects within the limits of the statutory requirements. The same applies analogously to kindergartens, centers, and student hostels. Private schools are different from public schools; they shall be accorded public status according to the statutory provisions.