[International obligations and access to remedies]
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United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 18 September 1962.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 9 May 1990
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations

- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 9 May 1990
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservations

- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 27 October 1977.
Reports submitted/due: 10/12
No reservations.

- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - CEDAW
Ratified: 8 January 1992.
Reports submitted/due: 1/3
No reservations.
Optional Protocol: Signed: 13 November 2001.

- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 19 October 1990
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations
ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 25.06.93
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 10.10.1997
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 25.06.1993
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 19.07.2000
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 11.06.2002
African System The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 28.07.1989
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 06 June 1998
Relevant Provisions

Title III - Rights of the human person, duties of the individual and of the citizen
1. Rights of the human person
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Art.34
Every citizen has the right of equal access to instruction, to education and to culture. The State has the duty to organize public education. However, the right to found public schools is guaranteed under conditions established by the law.