[International obligations and access to remedies]

Seychelles back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 21 September 1976. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 5 May 1992. Reports submitted/due: 0/2 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 5 May 1992. Reports submitted/due: 0/2 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 5 May 1992. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Acceded: 7 March 1978. Reports submitted/due: 5/12 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Acceded: 5 May 1992. Reports submitted/due: 0/3 No reservations - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Acceded: 7 September 1990. Reports submitted/due: 2/3 No reservations ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 06.02.1978 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 04.10.1999 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 23.11.1999 ILO 138 Minimum Age Convention (1973) - date of ratification: 07.03.2000. ILO 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) - date of ratification: 28.09.1999 African System The African Charter on Human and People's Rights Date of Ratification: 13.04.1992 The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Date of Ratification: 13.02.1992 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 21 June 1993 Relevant Provisions (…) Chapter III Part I - Seychellois charter of fundamental human rights and freedoms (…) Art.21 - Freedom of conscience 1) Every person has a right to freedom of conscience and for the purposes of this article this right includes freedom, either alone or in community with others and both in public and in private, to manifest and propagate the religion or belief in (…) teaching (…). (3) A person attending any place of education shall not be compelled to impart or receive religious instruction or to take part in or attend any religious ceremony or observance (…) Art.33 - Right to education The State recognizes the right of every citizen to education and with a view to ensuring the effective realization of this right undertakes - a. To provide compulsory education, which shall be free in State schools, for such minimum period, which shall not be less than ten years, as may be prescribed by law; b. To ensure that the educational programs in all schools are aimed at the complete development of the person; c. To afford, on the basis of intellectual capability, every citizen equal access to educational opportunities and facilities beyond the period of compulsory education; d. To allow, subject to such reasonable restrictions, supervision and conditions as are necessary in a democratic society, any person, organization or institution to establish and maintain a private school; e. To respect the right of parents to choose whether to send their children to a State or private school