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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: 5 October 1983.
Reports submitted/due: 0/3
Reservation: Congo declares that it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 13, para. 3 and 4. Such provisions are inconsistent with the principle of nationalisation of education and with the monopoly granted to the State in that area.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 5 October 1983.
Reports submitted/due: 1/3
No reservation related to the right to education
Optional Protocol: Acceded: 5 October 1983.
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Acceded: 11 July 1988.
Reports submitted/due: 0/7
No reservations.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 26 July 1982.
Reports submitted/due: 0/5
No reservations
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Acceded: 14 October 1993.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
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: 10.11.1960
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 26.11.1999
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 26.11.1999
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 26.11.1999.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 29.04.2002
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 09.12.1982
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 15 March 1992
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Title II - Fundamental rights and liberties
Art.37
(1) Every person shall have the right to education. All instruction shall be placed under the surveillance and control of the State. The State shall strive for equal access to education and professional instruction.
(2) Public instruction shall be free. Fundamental instruction shall be obligatory.
(3) Schooling [la scolarité] shall be obligatory until the age of sixteen years.
(4) The right to create private schools shall be guaranteed. Private school shall be submitted to the approval of the State and regulated by law
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