[International obligations and access to remedies]

Hungary back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 14 December 1955. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Ratified: 17 January 1974. Reports submitted/due: 2/4 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Ratified: 17 January 1974. Reports submitted/due: 4/4 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 7 September 1988. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Ratified: 4 May 1967. Reports submitted/due: 13/17 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 22 December 1980. Reports submitted/due: 5/6 No reservations. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 7 October 1991. 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: 06.06.1957 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 06.06.1957 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 20.06.1961 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 28.05.1998. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 20.04.2001 European System Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - European Convention - ECHR Date of Ratification: 05.11.1992 Protocol Nş 01 to the European Convention Date of Ratification: 05.11.1992 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Date of Ratification: 26.04.1995 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Date of Ratification: 25.09.1995 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 20 August 1949 Relevant Provisions ( ) Chapter I - General provisions Art.16 The Republic of Hungary pays special attention to the secure existence, education and training of young people and protects the interests of youth. Chapter XII - Fundamental rights and duties of citizens Art.67 (2) Parents are entitled to the right of choosing the kind of education their children are to receive. Art.68 (2) The Republic of Hungary grants protection to national and ethnic minorities. It ( ) enables them to foster their own culture, to use their mother tongue, to receive school instruction in their mother tongue, ( ). Art.70F (1) The Republic of Hungary ensures for its citizens the right to culture. (2) The Republic of Hungary ensures this right through the expansion of culture and making arrangements for general access to it, through free and compulsory eighth-grade education, through the general accessibility of secondary and third-level instruction, moreover through financial assistance for those in school. Art.70G The Republic of Hungary respects and supports the freedom of science and art, the freedom of learning and of teaching.