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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 24 October 1945.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 14 January 1982.
Reports submitted/due: 1/3
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 14 January 1982.
Reports submitted/due: 3/3
No reservations
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 1 May 1967.
Reports submitted/due: 16/17
Reservation to Art. 22.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 18 September 1981.
Reports submitted/due: 5/6
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2, 9 (2), 16 and 29; four states filed objections to all or some aspects of these reservations.
General reservation on article 2
The Arab Republic of Egypt is willing to comply with the content of this article, provided that such compliance does not run counter to the Islamic Sharia.
Reservation
In respect of article 29:
The Egyptian delegation also maintains the reservation contained in article 29, paragraph 2, concerning the right of a State signatory to the Convention to declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of that article concerning the submission to an arbitral body of any dispute which may arise between States concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention. This is in order to avoid being bound by the system of arbitration in this field.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 6 July 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservation related to the right to education.
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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: 06.11.1957
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 03.07.1954
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 10.05.1960
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 09.06.1999.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 06.05.2002
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 20.03.1984
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 11 September 1971
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Part II - Basic constituents of the society
Chapter I - Social and moral constituents
(…)
Art.18
Education is a right guaranteed by the State. It is obligatory in the primary stage and the State shall work to extend obligation to other stages. The State shall supervise all branches of education and guarantee the independence of universities and scientific research centers, with a view to linking all this with the requirements of society and production.
Art.19
Religious education shall be a principal subject in the courses of general education.
Art.20
Education in the state educational institutions shall be free of charge in its various stages
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