respect for the environment, of the combat against all forms of inequality, and the
creation of employment and training opportunities.
The Right of the Human Being to Education and Professional Training
39. The right of Man to education and professional training is guaranteed by the
Law n° 91-65 of 29th July 1991 relative to the Educational system which stipulates
that « the State guarantees the right to free education to all those who are of
school going age ». Likewise, the career Law n° 2002-80 of 23rd July 2002,
relative to education and school teaching constitutes a new legislative framework
of the Tunisian educational system which is aimed at sanctioning the principles of
«gratis», of «obligation» and of equal opportunities.
The Right to Employment and to Equal Pay
40. The Labour Code, promulgated by Law n° 66-27 of 30th April 1966 and
amended several times, is aimed at guaranteeing satisfactory working conditions,
notably the right to a salary, to weekly time off and to paid leave.
41. In a Tunisia which has placed dignity and responsibility for its citizens at the
heart of its ethical and political code, employment is therefore to be considered as
a fundamental value for human development. With such an outlook the human
being is considered as wealth which should be ceaselessly valorized.
42. Tunisia has provided the means for a realistic policy of integration thanks to
the creation of a decentralized national Public Service for integration in
employment and training. It is thanks to employment that each individual can find
a status, a social use and dignity.
43. Thus, the promotion of employment delineates the perspective of a social
democracy which repels all the external and internal constraints to the
development of personalities. The promotion of employment also gives a broad
and practical meaning to the integration paradigm: civic integration allowing the
participation in the management of one’s place of work and residence, economic
integration which makes one a stakeholder of interaction, social and cultural
integration which means that one maintains relational links and that one has
access to a common symbolic heritage. It is for this reason that the responsibility
of all those men and women who reject resignation is directly bound by the noble
ambition of employment promotion.
The Right to Good Health
44. Article 1 of the Law n° 91-63 of 29th July 1991 relative to health arrangements
guarantees the right to good health which is considered in Tunisia as a
fundamental right of the human being. Other legislative measures were
introduced to guarantee the equality of health care for the sick and this in
concretization of their right to health care under the best possible conditions.
45. In Tunisia, the hospitals do not refuse to treat ill persons who are considered
« insolvent ». In conformity with the regulations of the protection and social
security system nobody can be deprived of the right to health care. Each
individual enjoys the benefits offered by science today to prevent and combat
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