[International obligations and access to remedies]
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United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 19 November 1946.

- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 22 August 1979.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservations

- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 22 August 1979.
Reports submitted/due: 3/4
No reservation related to the right to education.
Optional Protocol: ratified: 22 August 1979.

- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 13 March 1967.
Reports submitted/due: 16/17
No reservations.

- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 18 June 1985.
Reports submitted/due: 4/5
No reservations.

- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 28 October 1992.
Reports submitted/due: 2/2
No reservations.
ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 19.08.1950
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 15.07.1952
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 29.07.1963
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 06.12.1999.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 29.05.2000
European System Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - European Convention - ECHR
Date of Ratification: 29.06.1953

Protocol Nº 01 to the European Convention
Date of Ratification: 29.06.1953
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 17 June 1944

Relevant Provisions
(…)
Part VII
Art.76
(2) The right to general education and suitable training shall by law be guaranteed to all.