[International obligations and access to remedies]
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United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 17 September 1974.

- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 2 July 1992.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations

- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified 23 August 1985.
Reports submitted/due: 0/5
No reservations

- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 20 August 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservations
ILO treaties ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 21.02.1977
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 21.02.1977
African System The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 04.12.1985
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 11 May 1991

Relevant Provisions
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Title I - Fundamental principles
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Art.16
1. Education shall see to the total development of each individual.
2. The State shall consider the elimination of illiteracy as its fundamental task.
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Title II - Fundamental rights, freedoms, guarantees, and duties
Art.41
1. Every citizen shall have the right to education and the duty to be educated.
2. The State shall gradually promote the gratuitous nature of education and the equal possibility of all citizens to have access to every level of education