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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 12 December 1958.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 24 January 1978.
Reports submitted/due: 0/3
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 1(3), 14 and 26(1).
In accordance with the principle whereby all States whose policies are guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations are entitled to become parties to covenants affecting the interests of the international community, the Government of the Republic of Guinea considers that the provisions of article 26, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are contrary to the principle of the universality of international treaties and the democratization of international relations.
The Government of the Republic of Guinea likewise considers that article 1, paragraph 3, and the provisions of article 14 of that instrument are contrary to the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in general, and United Nations resolutions on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, in particular.
The above provisions are contrary to the Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States contained in General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV), pursuant to which every State has the duty to promote realization of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples in order to put an end to colonialism
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 24 January 1978.
Reports submitted/due: 2/4
No reservation related to the right to education
Optional Protocol: Signed: 19 March 1975; ratified: 17 June 1993.
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 14 March 1977.
Reports submitted/due: 11/13
No reservations.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 9 August 1982.
Reports submitted/due: 3/5
No reservations
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Acceded: 13 July 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservations
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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: 21.01.1959
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 26.03.1959
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 01.09.1960
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 16.02.1982
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Date of Ratification: 27.05.1999
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 23 December 1990
Relevant Provisions
Title II - Liberties, duties and fundamental rights
(…)
Art.21
The State shall promote the well-being of its citizens. (…)
It shall assure the education of the youth, which is obligatory. It shall create conditions and institutions which permit each child to develop. It shall guarantee the freedom of education, and register private schools
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