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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 11 May 1949.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 3 October 1991.
Reports submitted/due: 2/2
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 3 October 1991.
Reports submitted/due: 1/2
No reservation related to the right to education
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 3 January 1979.
Reports submitted/due: 9/12
Reservations and Declarations: Article 22.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 3 October 1991.
Reports submitted/due: 3/3
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 7(b), 16 and 29(1).
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 3 October 1991.
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: 28.01.1957
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 27.01.1962
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 15.06.1959
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 13.02.1985.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 09.07.2001
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - Adoption date unclear.
Israel does not have a one document Constitution. Its Constitution consists instead of a series of organic or fundamental laws. Those laws are designated as "Basic Laws", (but they are not of higher standing than other laws).
Relevant Provisions
(…)
C. Human rights
Art.32
(a) Every child resident in Israel is entitled to free public education until completion of the ninth grade.
(b) The study curriculum in the public education institutions shall be determined with consideration given so far as possible to the language of the parents and their religious as well as cultural outlook.
(c) The State shall not prevent the establishment of private educational institutions designed for pupils from the tenth grade upwards, but such institutions shall be subjected to State supervision.
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