[International obligations and access to remedies]

Dominican Republic back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 24 October 1945. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 4 January 1978. Reports submitted/due: 2/3 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 4 January 1978. Reports submitted/due: 4/4 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 4 January 1978. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Acceded: 25 May 1983. Reports submitted/due: 8/10 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 2 September 1982. Reports submitted/due: 4/5 No reservations - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 11 June 1991. Reports submitted/due: 1/2 No reservations ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 05.12.1956 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 22.09.1953 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 13.07.1964 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 15.06.1999. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 15.11.2000 Inter-American System American Convention on Human Rights - ACHR ("Pact of San Jose") Date of Ratification: 19.04.1978 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 28 November 1966 Relevant Provisions (…) Title II Section I - Individual and social rights Art.8 The effective protection of the rights of the human person (…) are recognized as the principal aim of the State. In order to guarantee the realization of these aims the following norms are set: (16) Freedom of education. Elementary education shall be compulsory. It is the duty of the State to furnish a basic education to all inhabitants of the national territory and to take the necessary steps to eliminate illiteracy. Both elementary and secondary education, as well as that offered in agricultural, vocational, art, commercial, manual arts, and home economics schools, shall be free. Section II - Duties Art.9 (…) the following are declared to be fundamental duties: g. It is a duty of all persons who inhabit the territory of the Dominican Republic to attend the educational institutions of the Nation in order to acquire, at least, an elementary education.