[International obligations and access to remedies]

Cyprus back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 20 September 1960. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Ratified: 2 April 1969. Reports submitted/due: 3/4 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Ratified: 2 April 1969 Reports submitted/due: 3/4 Reservations and Declarations: Article 2(1). Optional Protocol: 19 December 1966; ratified: 15 April 1992. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Ratified: 21 April 1967. Reports submitted/due: 16/17 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Acceded: 23 July 1985. Reports submitted/due: 2/5 No reservation related to the right to education. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 7 February 1991. Reports submitted/due: 2/2 No reservations ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 24.05.1966 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 24.05.1966 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 02.02.1968 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 02.10.1997 ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 27.11.2000 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - July 1960 Relevant Provisions Part II - Fundamental rights and liberties Art.18 4. Every person is free and has the right to profess his faith and to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, (…) either individually or collectively, in private or in public, and to change his religion or belief. Art.20 1. Every person has the right to receive, and every person or institution has the right to give instruction or education subject to such formalities, conditions or restrictions as are in accordance with the relevant communal law and are necessary only in the interest of (…) the protection of the rights and liberties of others including the right of the parents to secure for their children such education as is in conformity with their religious convictions. 2. Free primary education shall be made available by the Greek and the Turkish Communal Chambers in the respective communal primary schools. 3. Primary education shall be compulsory for all citizens of such school age as may be determined by a relevant communal law. 4. Education, other than primary education, shall be made available by the Greek and Turkish Communal Chambers, in deserving and appropriate cases, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by a relevant communal law