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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 20 September 1960.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Acceded: 7 March 1986.
Reports submitted/due: 0/3
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 7 March 1986.
Reports submitted/due: 2/3
No reservations
Optional Protocol: Acceded: 7 March 1986.
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 27 April 1967.
Reports submitted/due: 14/17
No reservations.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Acceded: 8 October 1999.
Reports submitted/due: 0/1
Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2(d), 2(f), 5(a)(b), 15(4), 16(1)(c), 16(1)(e), 16(1)(g), and 29; six states filed objections to some aspects of these reservations.
Reservations:
Article 2, paragraphs (d) and (f)
The Government of the Republic of the Niger expresses reservations with regard to article 2, paragraphs (d) and (f), concerning the taking of all appropriate measures to abolish all customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women, particularly in respect of succession.
Article 5, paragraph (a)
The Government of the Republic of the Niger expresses reservations with regard to the modification of social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women.
Article 15, paragraph 4
The Government of the Republic of the Niger declares that it can be bound by the provisions of this paragraph, particularly those concerning the right of women to choose their residence and domicile, only to the extent that these provisions refer only to unmarried women.
Article 16, paragraph 1 (c), (e) and (g)
The Government of the Republic of the Niger expresses reservations concerning the above-referenced provisions of article 16, particularly those concerning the same rights and responsibilities during marriage and at its dissolution, the same rights to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children, and the right to choose a family name.
The Government of the Republic of the Niger declares that the provisions of article 2, paragraphs (d) and (f), article 5, paragraphs (a) and (b), article 15, paragraph 4, and article 16, paragraph 1 (c), (e) and (g), concerning family relations, cannot be applied immediately, as they are contrary to existing customs and practices which, by their nature, can be modified only with the passage of time and the evolution of society and cannot, therefore, be abolished by an act of authority.
Article 29
The Government of the Republic of the Niger expresses a reservation concerning article 29, paragraph 1, which provides that any dispute between two or more States concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration.
In the view of the Government of the Niger, a dispute of this nature can be submitted to arbitration only with the consent of all the parties to the dispute.
Declaration
The Government of the Republic of the Niger declares that the term "family education" which appears in article 5, paragraph (b), of the Convention should be interpreted as referring to public education concerning the family, and that in any event, article 5 would be applied in compliance with article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 30 September 1990.
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: 27.02.1961
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 23.03.1962
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 23.03.1962
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 04.12.1978.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 23.10.2000.
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 15.07.1986
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Date of Ratification: 11.12.1996.
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 22 May 1996
Relevant Provisions
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Title II - Rights and duties of the human person
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Art.11
Each person has the right to life, health, liberty, security, physical and mental well being, education, and instruction according to conditions established by law.
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