constituteproject.org • Compulsory education • Free education PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 Primary education is obligatory and free in the public establishments. Article 44 The eradication of illiteracy is a national duty [for] the realization of which the Government must elaborate a specific program. • International law Article 45 • Free education Education is free. It is nevertheless subject to the supervision of the public powers, under the conditions established by the law. All persons have access to establishments of national education, without discrimination of place of origin, of race, of religion, of sex, of political or philosophical opinions, of their physical, mental or sensorial state in accordance with their capacities. The national education establishments shall assure, in cooperation with the religious authorities, to their minor pupils[,] and having parents demanding it[,] an education conforming to their religious convictions. The public authorities have the duty to promote and to assure, through teaching, education and diffusion, the respect of the rights of man, of the fundamental freedoms and of the duties of the citizens provided by this Constitution. The public powers have the duty to assure the diffusion and the teaching of the Constitution, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man, the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples, as well as all the duly ratified regional and international conventions concerning the rights of man and to international humanitarian law. The State has the obligation to integrate the rights of the human person into all the training programs of the armed forces, of the police and of the security services. The law determines the conditions of application of this article. • Right to culture Article 46 • Reference to art • Reference to science The right to culture, to freedom of intellectual and artistic creation, and that of scientific and technological research are guaranteed, under reserve of respect for the law, for public order and for morality. • Provisions for intellectual property Copyrights and intellectual property [rights] are guaranteed and protected by the law. The State takes into account, in carrying out its tasks, of the cultural diversity of the country. It protects the national cultural patrimony and assures its promotion. • Right to health care Article 47 The right to health and to [a] secure food supply is guaranteed. The law specifies the fundamental principles and the rules of organization for public health and [a] secure food supply. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 14