[International obligations and access to remedies]

Mali back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 20 September 1960. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 16 July 1974 Reports submitted/due: 1/3 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 16 July 1974. Reports submitted/due: 1/5 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 24 October 2001. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Acceded: 16 July 1974. Reports submitted/due: 6/14 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Ratified: 10 September 1985 Reports submitted/due: 1/5 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 5 December 2000 - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 20 September 1990. Reports submitted/due: 1/2 No reservation related to the right to education ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 22.09.1960 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 02.03.1964 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 02.03.1964 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 11.03.2002. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 14.07.2000 African System The African Charter on Human and People's Rights Date of Ratification: 21.12.1981 The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Date of Ratification: 03.06.1998 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 14 February 1992 Relevant Provisions (…) Title I - The rights and duties of the human person (…) Art.17 The education, instruction, formation, work, housing, leisure, health, and social protection constitute recognized rights. Art.18 Every citizen has the right to education. Public education is obligatory, free and secular. Private education is recognized and exercised within the conditions defined by the law