Principle of Compulsory Education, Free of Charge for All
56.
57.
58.
Principal laws, administrative regulations and other decisions designed to secure in the
territories under the jurisdiction of the reporting state the principle of compulsory primary
education, free of charge for all.
Details of the plan of action, general and specific measures and stages adopted for the
progressive implementation of the principle of compulsory education free of charge for all.
Factors and difficulties affecting the promotion of this principle.
III. GENERAL GUIDELINES REGARDING THE FORM AND CONTENTS OF REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED
ON THE PEOPLES’ RIGHTS - ARTICLES 19 TO 24 OF THE CHARTER
1.
Reporting on these rights should have the same form as that on Economic and Social Rights or
that on Civil and Political Rights.
Article 19 – All Peoples Shall be Equal
Initial Reports
2.
To state the constitutional and statutory framework which seeks to protect the different
sections of national community. Any administrative regulations with the same intention as well
as judicial decisions intended to establish the same rights.
Precautions taken to proscribe any tendencies of some people dominating another as feared
by the article.
Periodic Reports
3.
Information on the progress made since the submission of the initial report and further
development on legislative and other measures undertaken in continuing the improvements
initiated in the earlier report.
Article 20 – Right to Self-determination
Initial Report
4.
Information on legislative and administrative machinery that exists to give effect to the
provisions of the article, namely that:
(i)
All communities are allowed full participation in political activities and are
allowed equal opportunities in the economic activities of the country both of
which should be according to the choices they have made independently;
(ii)
Provide information on any form of assistance rendered to dominated people, in
their liberation struggle against foreign domination be it political, economic or
cultural;
(iii) Information on assistance in any form given to colonised or oppressed peoples to
help them free themselves.
Periodic Reports
5.
Information on the development in the efforts envisaged in the article.
Articles 21 and 22 – All Peoples Shall Freely Dispose of their Wealth or National Resources – Rights to
Development
6.
These rights consist in ensuring that the material wealth of the countries are not exploited by
aliens to no or little benefit to the African countries. Establishment of machinery which would
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