[International obligations and access to remedies]

Greece back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 25 October 1945. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 16 May 1985. Reports submitted/due: 0/3 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 5 May 1997. Reports submitted/due: 0/1 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 5 May 1997. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Ratified: 18 June 1970. Reports submitted/due: 15/15 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 7 June 1983. Reports submitted/due: 5/6 No reservations. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 11 May 1993. 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: 30.03.1962 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 30.03.1962 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 07.05.1984 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 14.03.1986. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 06.11.2001 European System Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - European Convention - ECHR Date of Ratification: 28.11.1974 Protocol Nş 01 to the European Convention Date of Ratification: 28.11.1974 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a System of Collective Complaints (158) Date of Ratification: 18.06.1996 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - June 1975 Relevant Provisions ( ) Part II - Individual and social rights Art.16 (1) Art and science, research, and teaching shall be free and their development and promotion shall be an obligation of the State. Academic freedom and freedom teaching shall not exempt anyone from his duty of allegiance to the Constitution. (2) Education constitutes a basic mission for the State and shall aim at the moral, intellectual, professional, and physical training of Greeks, the development of national and religious conscience, and at their formation as free and responsible citizens. (3) The number of years of compulsory education shall not be less than nine. (4) All Greeks are entitled to free education on all levels at state educational institutions. The State shall provide financial assistance to those who distinguish themselves, as well as to students in need of assistance or special protection, in accordance with their abilities. (5) Education at university level education shall be provided exclusively by institutions which are fully self-governed public law corporate bodies. These institutions shall operate under the supervision of the State and are entitled to financial assistance thereof. ( ) (6) Professors of university level institutions shall be public officers. The remaining teaching personnel likewise performs a public function, under the conditions specified by law. The statutes of respective institutions shall define matters relating to the status of all the above. Professors of university level institutions shall not be dismissed prior to the lawful termination of their terms of service ( ).The retiring age of professors of university level institutions shall be defined by law. Until such law is issued, professors on active service shall retire ipso jure at the end of the academic year at which they have reached the age of sixty-seven. (7) Professional and any other form of special education shall be provided by the State, through schools of a higher level and for a time period not exceeding three years, as specifically provided by law which also defines the professional rights of graduates of such schools. (8) The conditions and terms for granting a license for the establishment and operation of schools not owned by the State, the supervision of such and the professional status of teaching personnel therein shall be specified by law. The establishment of university institutions by private persons is prohibited.