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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 20 September 1960
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 12 March 1992
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 12 March 1992.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations
Optional Protocol: Acceded: 12 March 1992
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 30 November 2001
Reports submitted/due: 0/0
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - CEDAW
Ratified: 12 March 1992
Reports submitted/due: 0/3
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 3 August 1990
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservations
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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: 12.06.1960
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 16.05.1968
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 22.05.1961
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 11.06.2001
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 06.11.2001
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 20.01.1986
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Date of Ratification: 17.04.1997
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 11 December 1990
Relevant Provisions
Title II - Rights and Duties of the individual
(…)
Art.08
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The Human person is sacred and inviolable. The State (…) shall guarantee him a full blossoming out [épanouissement]. To that end, it shall assure to its citizens equal access to (…) education, (…).
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Art. 12
The State and the public authorities shall guarantee the education of children and shall create conditions favourable to this end.
Art. 13
The State shall provide for the education of the youth by public schools. Primary education shall be obligatory. The State shall assure progressively free public education.
Art. 14
Religious institutions and communities shall be able to cooperate equally in the education of the youth. Private schools, secular or parochial, may be opened with the authorization and control of the State. The private schools may benefit from the state subsidies under conditions determined by law.
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