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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 14 December 1955.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 28 May 1975.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 28 May 1975.
Reports submitted/due: 3/5
No reservations
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Acceded: 30 May 1974.
Reports submitted/due: 12/14
No reservations.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 1 July 1992.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservation related to the right to education.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 24 May 1991.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 14, 20, and 21; three states filed objections to the reservations.
Jordan expresses its reservation and does not consider itself bound by article 14 which grant the child the right to freedom of choice of religion.
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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: 14.06.1965
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 12.06.1968
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 04.07.1963
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 23.03.1998.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 20.04.2000
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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At present, there is no official consolidated text of the Constitution.
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Chapter II - Rights and duties of Jordanians
(…)
Art.19
Congregations shall have the right to establish and maintain their own schools for the education of their own members provided that they will comply with the general provisions of the law and submit to the control of government in matters relating to their curricula and tendency.
Art.20
Elementary education shall be compulsory for Jordanians and free of charge in government schools.
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