[International obligations and access to remedies]

Suriname back --» back to introduction --» United Nations Treaties Date of admission to UN: 4 December 1975. - International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights - ICESCR Acceded: 28 December 1976. Reports submitted/due: 1/3 No reservations - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR Acceded: 28 December 1976. Reports submitted/due: 1/5 No reservations Optional Protocol: Acceded: 28 December 1976. - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD Succeeded: 15 March 1984. Reports submitted/due: 0/9 No reservations. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - CEDAW Acceded: 1 March 1993. Reports submitted/due: 0/3 No reservations - Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC Ratified: 1 March 1993. Reports submitted/due: 1/2 No reservations ILO treaties ILO 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) - date of ratification: 15.06.1976 ILO 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) - date of ratification: 05.06.1996 Inter-American System American Convention on Human Rights - ACHR ("Pact of San Jose") Date of Ratification: 12.11.1987 Additional Protocol to the American convention on Human Rights in the Area od Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("Protocol of San Salvador") Date of Ratification: 10.07.1990 Constitutional Guarantees of the right to education Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 30 October 1987 Relevant Provisions (…) Chapter VI - Social, cultural and economic rights and obligations 11th Section - Youth Art.37 Young people shall enjoy special protection for the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, among which: a. Access to education, culture and work, b. Vocational schooling, Physical training, sports and recreation. 12th Section - Education and culture Art.38 1. Everyone shall have a right to education and to enjoyment of culture. 2. The provision of education shall be free, subject to State control of all public educational institutions in keeping with the national education policy and the rules regarding education laid down by the State. The State shall promote the kind of education and the conditions under which school education and other forms of education can contribute to the development of a democratic and socially just society. 13th Section - Education Art.39 Art.37 Young people shall enjoy special protection for the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, among which: c. Access to education, culture and work, d. Vocational schooling, e. Physical training, sports and recreation. Art.38 3. Everyone shall have a right to education and to enjoyment of culture. 4. The provision of education shall be free, subject to State control of all public educational institutions in keeping with the national education policy and the rules regarding education laid down by the State. 4. The State shall promote the kind of education and the conditions under which school education and other forms of education can contribute to the development of a democratic and socially just society. Art.39 1. The State shall recognize and guarantee the right of all citizens to education and shall offer them equal opportunity for schooling. 2. In the execution of its education policy the State shall be under the obligation: a. To assure obligatory and free general primary education, b. To assure durable education and to end analphabetism, c. To enable all citizens to attain the highest levels of education, scientific research and artistic creation, in accordance with their capacities, To provide, in phases, free education on all levels, to tune education to the productive and social needs of the society.