[International obligations and access to remedies]

Eritrea back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 28 May 1993. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 17 April 2001. Reports submitted/due: 0/0 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 23 January 2002. Reports submitted/due: 0/0 No reservations - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Acceded: 31 July 2001. Reports submitted/due: 0/0 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Acceded: 5 September 1995. Reports submitted/due: 0/2 No reservations - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 3 August 1994. 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: 22.02.2000 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 22.02.2000 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 22.02.2000 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 22.02.2000. African System The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Date of Ratification: 22.12.1999 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 23 May 1997 Relevant Provisions (…) Chapter III - Fundamental rights, freedoms, and duties Art.21 - Economic, social and cultural rights and responsibilities (1) Every citizen shall have the right of equal access to publicly funded social services. The State shall endeavor, within the limit of its resources, to make available to all citizens health, education, cultural and other social services