[International obligations and access to remedies]
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United Nations Treaties - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 31 August 1981.
Reports submitted/due: 0/5
No reservations

- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 1 August 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 1/3
No reservations
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
No written constitution or bill of rights; note - Bhutan uses 1953 Royal decree for the Constitution of the National Assembly; on 7 July 1998, a Royal edict was ratified giving the National Assembly additional powers (source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bt.html)