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United Nations Treaties
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Date of admission to UN: 28 September 1960.
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR
Ratified: 13 February 1978.
Reports submitted/due: 2/2
No reservations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Ratified: 13 February 1978.
Reports submitted/due: 4/5
No reservation related to the right to education
Optional Protocol: ratified: 13 February 1978.
- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 19 April 1972.
Reports submitted/due: 15/15
No reservation related to the right to education.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW
Ratified: 5 February 1985.
Reports submitted/due: 2/5
No reservations
Optional Protocol: Signed: 10 December 1999; ratified: 26 May 2000.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 31 July 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: 04.11.1960
ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 28.07.1961
ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 13.11.1967
ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 15.12.1999.
ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 01.06.2000
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African System
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The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 13.08.1982
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Date of Ratification: 29.09.1998
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Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 7 March 1963
Relevant Provisions
(…)
Art.16
The State and the public collectivities create the preliminary conditions and the public institutions which guarantee the education of children.
Art.17
The education of youth is provided by the public schools. The religious institutions and communities are equally recognized as a means of education.
Art.18
Private schools may be opened with the authorization and under the supervision of the State
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