The international human rights treaties of the United Nations that establish committees of experts (often referred to as "treaty bodies") to monitor their implementation are the following:(1) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), which is monitored by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;(2) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), which is monitored by the Human Rights Committee;(3) the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR-OP1), which is administered by the Human Rights Committee; and(4) the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at the abolition of the death penalty (CCPR-OP2-DP);(5) the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;(6) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;(7) the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW-OP);(8) the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), which is monitored by the Committee against Torture;(9) the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child;(10) the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC-OP-AC) on the involvement of children in armed conflict;(11) the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC-OP-SC) on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. (12) the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC).The following chart of States shows which are a party (indicated by the date of adherence: ratification, accession or succession) or signatory (indicated by an "s" and the date of signature) to the United Nationshuman rights treaties listed above. Self-governing territories that have ratified any of the treaties are also included in the chart. As at 09 June 2004, all 191 Member States of the United Nations and onenon-Member State were a party to one or more of these treaties.
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONERFOR HUMAN RIGHTSSTATUS OF RATIFICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPALINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
As of
09 June 2004
09 June 2004
CESCR CCPR CCPROP1 CCPROP2 CERD CEDAW CAT CRCOPAC CRCOPSC CMWCEDAWOP CRC
CAT-OP
Afghanistan
19 Oct 0224 Oct 0326 Jun 8704 Apr 0305 Aug 8324 Apr 83
a a
27 Apr 94
a
a
24 Ar 83
a
Albania
10 Jun 9410 Jun 9423 Sep 0310 Jun 9404 Jan 92
a a a
28 Mar 92
a
04 Jan 92
a
Algeria
11 Oct 8921 Jun 9615 Mar 7212 Dec 8912 Dec 89
*a a *
16 May 9312 Dec 89
Andorra
18 Jan 0212 Feb 02
s:05 Aug 02
14 Feb 9714 Jan 03
s:05 Aug 0 s:05 Au 0
a
01 Feb 96
s:05 Au 0
Angola
17 Oct 8610 Apr 9210 Ar 92
a a
04 Jan 91
a
10 Ar 92
a
Antigua and Barbuda
30 May 0218 Aug 9331 Aug 8924 Nov 88
d a a
04 Nov 93
Argentina
25 Oct 0310 Oct 0226 Jun 8714 Aug 85
s:28 Feb 00
04 Jan 6908 Nov 8608 Nov 86
a *
03 Jan 9108 Nov 86
Armenia
s:24 Sep 03 s:24 Sep 03
12 Oct 9313 Oct 9323 Jul 9313 Dec 9323 Se 93
a a a a
22 Jul 93
a
23 Se 93
a
Australia
s:18 Dec 01s:21 Oct 0
07 Sep 8927 Aug 8330 Oct 7510 Mar 7625 Dec 9111 Jul 91
*a a *
16 Jan 9113 Nov 80
Austria
06 Jun 0412 Feb 0228 Aug 8730 Apr 8222 Dec 0008 Jun 7210 Dec 7810 Mar 8802 Jun 93
* *
05 Sep 9210 Dec 78
Azerbaijan
01 Jul 0303 Aug 0203 Aug 0215 Sep 9609 Aug 9501 Sep 0115 Sep 9613 Nov 9227 Feb 0222 Apr 99
aa a a a a a
12 Sep 92
a
13 Nov 92
a
Bahamas
05 Nov 9304 Sep 75
d a
22 Mar 91
Bahrain
05 Apr 9818 Jul 0226 Apr 90
a a a a
14 Mar 92
Bangladesh
s:07 Oct 98
18 Jan 0212 Feb 0204 Nov 9806 Dec 8422 Dec 0011 Jul 7905 Jan 99
a a a
02 Sep 90
a
06 Dec 00
a
Barbados
03 Sep 8108 Dec 7203 Jan 7623 Mar 76
aa
08 Nov 90
a
23 Mar 76
a
Belarus
23 Feb 0226 Jun 8703 Sep 8103 May 0408 May 6903 Jan 7630 Dec 92
a a
31 Oct 9023 Mar 76
Belgium
s:06 Sep 00
06 Jun 0225 Jul 9909 Aug 85
s:10 Dec 99
06 Sep 7521 Jul 8317 Au 9408 Mar 99
*a *
15 Jan 9221 Jul 83
Belize
01 Jul 0301 Jan 0401 Jan 0426 Jun 8715 Jun 9009 Mar 0314 Dec 01
:06 Sep 00
a a a
02 Sep 9010 Se 96
a
2
09 June 2004
CESCR CCPR CCPROP1 CCPROP2 CERD CEDAW CAT CRCOPAC CRCOPSC CMWCEDAWOP CRC
CAT-OP
Benin
s:22 Feb 01s:22 Feb 01
11 Apr 9211 Apr 92
s:25 May 00
30 Dec 0112 Jun 9212 Jun 92
a a
02 Sep 90
a
12 Jun 92
a
Bhutan
30 Sep 81
s:26 Mar 73
02 Sep 90
Bolivia
01 Jul 0303 Jul 0311 May 9908 Jul 9022 Dec 0022 Oct 7012 Nov 8212 Nov 82
a a
25 Jul 90
a
12 Nov 82
a
Bosnia and Herzegovina
01 Jul 0304 Oct 0210 Nov 0306 Mar 9201 Oct 9304 Dec 0216 Jul 9306 Mar 9201 Jun 9516 Jun 01
d d d*d a
06 Mar 92
d
06 Mar 92
d
Botswana
24 Oct 03
s:24 Sep 03
07 Oct 0012 Sep 9622 Mar 74
a a a a
13 Apr 9508 Dec 00
Brazil
27 Feb 0427 Feb 0428 Oct 8902 Mar 8428 Sep 0204 Jan 6924 Ar 92
*
24 Oct 90
a
24 Ar 92
a
Brunei Darussalam
a
26 Jan 96
Bulgaria
12 Mar 0212 Mar 0226 Jun 8710 Mar 82
s:06 Jun 00
04 Jan 6903 Jan 7626 Jun 9210 Nov 99
*a *
03 Jul 9123 Mar 76
Burkina Faso
01 Mar 04
s:16 Nov 01s:16 Nov 01
03 Feb 9913 Nov 87
s:16 Nov 01
17 Aug 7404 Ar 9904 Ar 99
aa a a
30 Sep 90
a
04 Ar 99
a
Burundi
s:13 Nov 01
20 Mar 9307 Feb 92
s:13 Nov 01
26 Nov 7709 Au 90
a*
18 Nov 90
a
09 Au 90
a
Cambodia
30 Jun 02
s:27 Jun 00
14 Nov 9214 Nov 92
s:11 Nov 01
28 Dec 8326 Au 92
a a a
14 Nov 92
a
26 Au 92
a
Cameroon
s:05 Oct 01s:05 Oct 01
26 Jun 8722 Sep 9424 Jul 7127 Se 8427 Se 84
a a*
10 Feb 93
a
27 Se 84
a
Canada
s:10 Nov 01
12 Feb 0224 Jul 8709 Jan 8218 Jan 0315 Nov 7019 Au 7619 Au 76
a a *
12 Jan 92
a
19 Au 76
a
Cape Verde
01 Jul 0310 Jun 0210 Jun 0204 Jul 9203 Sep 8102 Nov 7906 Nov 9319 Au 0019 Aug 00
aa a a a a a a
04 Jul 92
a
a
06 Nov 93
a
Central African Republic
21 Jul 9115 Apr 7108 Aug 8108 Au 81
a a
23 May 92
a
08 Aug 81
a
Chad
28 Sep 0228 Sep 0309 Jul 9509 Jul 9516 Sep 7709 Sep 9509 Se 95
aa a a
01 Nov 90
a
09 Sep 95
a
Chile
s:24 Sep 93
06 Mar 0331 Aug 0330 Oct 8806 Jan 90
s:10 Dec 99
19 Nov 7103 Jan 7628 Au 92
*a
12 Sep 9023 Mar 76
China
03 Jan 03
s:15 Mar 01
03 Nov 8803 Sep 8128 Jan 8227 Jun 01
a
01 Apr 92
s:05 Oct 9
Colombia
01 Jul 0311 Dec 03
s:06 Sep 00
07 Jan 8818 Feb 82
s:10 Dec 99
02 Oct 8103 Jan 7623 Mar 7604 Nov 97
a
27 Feb 9123 Mar 76
Comoros
s:22 Sep 00 s:22 Sep 00
30 Nov 94
s:22 Sep 00
a
21 Jul 93
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