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United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 21 September 1984.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Acceded: 27 December 1995.
Reports submitted/due: 0/1
Reservations and Declarations: General reservation and articles 14, 20 and 21; ten states filed objections to the reservations.
Reservation:
"[The Government of Brunei Darussalam] expresses its reservations on the provisions of the said Convention which may be contrary to the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam and to the beliefs and principles of Islam, the State, religion, and without prejudice to the generality of the said reservations, in particular expresses its reservation on articles 14, 20 and 21 of the Convention."
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
Date of adoption/date of entry into force - Adopted 29 September 1959
The Constitution does not include human rights guarantees.