[International obligations and access to remedies]

Sudan back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 12 November 1956. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 18 March 1986. Reports submitted/due: 1/1 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 18 March 1986. Reports submitted/due: 2/3 No reservations - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Acceded: 21 March 1977. Reports submitted/due: 11/13 No reservations. - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 3 August 1990. Reports submitted/due: 2/3 No reservations ILO treaties ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 18.06.1957 ILO 111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (1958) - date of ratification: 22.10.1970 African System The African Charter on Human and People's Rights Date of Ratification: 18.02.1986 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 30 June 1998 Relevant Provisions (…) Part I - The State and the directive principles (…) Art.12 - Sciences, art and culture The State shall enlist official capabilities and mobilize popular forces for the purpose of eradicating illiteracy and ignorance and intensifying the systems of education, shall strive to encourage sciences, scientific research and experimentation and facilitate acquiring the same (…). (…) Art.14 - Children and youth The State shall care for children and youth and protect them against exploitation and physical and spiritual neglect, and shall direct policies of education, moral care, national guidance and spiritual cleansing to grow a good generation. (…) Part II - Freedoms, sanctities, rights and duties Chapter I - Freedoms, sanctities and rights (…) Every human being shall have the right of freedom of conscience and religious creed, and he shall have the right to declare his religion or creed, and manifest the same by way of worship, education, (…).