18 March 2015

On 18 March 2015, France became the 20th State party to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Right to Education Project welcomes France's ratification to the Optional Protocol, along with the recent ratifications of Italy and Luxembourg, as an important step in increasing the justiciability of the right to education at the international level.

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A list of States parties to the Optional Protocol can be accessed here.

The full text of the Optional Protocol can be found here.

For further information on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, see Right to Education Project's page on United Nations Instruments.