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Ensuring that all primary school pupils command at least 80% of knowledge and skills in the curricula
regarding languages, mathematics, science and life-based skills;
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Reforming secondary education as well as technical and professional training to ensure excellence and
relevance of training relative to the labour market;
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Improving all aspects with regard to quality and relevance of higher education and university research;
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Improving governance practices at all levels to ensure effective and efficient management of services
offered and the utilization of resources.
III.
SPECIFIC RIGHTS
1. Rights of the family, women, children, older persons and people with disabilities
Article 18
1. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State
which shall take care of its physical health and moral.
2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian of morals and
traditional values recognized by the community.
3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure
the protection of the rights of women and the child as stipulated in international declarations
and conventions.
4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in
keeping with their physical or moral needs.
198. The Republic of Djibouti in acceding to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights has
integrated into the preamble of its Constitution the principle that the family is the natural and moral
unit of the human community. This is further validated by Article 57 of the Constitution which places
the family under the protection of the State and public authorities. The latter are required to ensure the
physical and moral health of all members of the family, in particular women, children, older persons and
people with disabilities. Several legislative and institutional measures have been adopted and socioeconomic programmes initiated to meet these basic requirements.
A. Family rights
199. Act No. 152/AN/02/4th L on the Family Code of 31 January 2002 is part of efforts to modernize
legislation in Djibouti. It provides the country with a statute that falls in line with its national identity as
well as its cultural and religious specificities while adhering to universal principles especially those
relating to the rights of women and children as set forth in international conventions. This new
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