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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 17 September 1974.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 5 October 1998.
Reports submitted/due: 0/1
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 13; five states filed objections to all or some aspects of these reservations.
Declaration:
"While the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh accepts the provisions embodied in articles 10 and 13 of the Covenant in principle, it will implement the said provisions in a progressive manner, in keeping with the existing economic conditions and the development plans of the country."
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 6 September 2000.
Reports submitted/due: 0/1
No reservation related to the right to education..
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Acceded: 11 June 1979.
Reports submitted/due: 6/12
No reservations.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Acceded: 6 November 1984.
Reports submitted/due: 4/5
No reservation related to the right to education.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 3 August 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservation related to the right to education.
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ILO treaties
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ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 22.06.1972
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 22.06.1972
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 22.06.1972
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 12.03.2001
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 16 December 1972
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Part II - Fundamental principles of state policy
Art.15
It shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to attain, through planned economic growth, (…) a steady improvement in the material and cultural standard of living of the people, with a view to secure to its citizens:
a. The provisions of the basic necessities of life, including (…) education (…)
Art.16
The State shall adopt effective measures to bring about a radical transformation in the rural areas, through (…) the improvement of education (…) in those areas, so as progressively to remove the disparity in the standards of living between the urban and the rural areas
Art.17
The State shall adopt effective measures for the purpose of:
a) Establishing a uniform, mass-oriented and universal system of education and extending free and compulsory education to all children to such a stage as may be determined by law.
b) Relating education to the needs of society and producing properly trained and motivated citizens to serve those needs.
c) Removing illiteracy within such time as may be determined by law.
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Part III - Fundamental rights
Art.28
(…)
(3) No citizen shall, on grounds of only religion, caste, sex or place of birth be subjected to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to any place of public entertainment or resort, or admission to any educational institution
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