[International obligations and access to remedies]
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United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 17 September 1991.

- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 14 September 1981.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations

- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 14 September 1981. (has not ratified the Secretary General of withdrawal)
Reports submitted/due: 2/2
No reservations

- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Acceded: 27 February 2001.
Reports submitted/due: 0/0
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2(f), 9(2), 29(1); six states filed objections to the reservations.

- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 21 September 1990.
Reports submitted/due: 0/2
No reservations
Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 27 December 1972

Relevant Provisions
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Chapter 3 - Culture
Art.43
The State shall put the principles of socialist education into practice and raise the new generation to be steadfast revolutionaries who will fight for society and the people, to be people of a new communist type who are acknowledgeable, morally sound and physically healthy.
Art.44
The State shall give precedence to public education and the training of cadres for the nation and combine general education with technological education, and education with productive labor.
Art.45
The State shall develop universal compulsory 11-year education which includes a compulsory one-year preschool education at a high level in accordance with the trend of modern science and technology and the practical requirements of socialist construction.
Art.47
The State shall provide education to all pupils and students free of charge and grant allowances to students of universities and colleges.
Art.49
The State shall maintain all children of preschool age in crèches and kindergartens at state and public expense.
Chapter 5 - Fundamental rights and duties of citizens
Art.73
Citizens have the right to education. This right is ensured by an advanced educational system and by the educational measures enacted by the State for the benefit of the people.