Human Rights

Note: An asterisk indicates that a treaty has either expired, been terminated, has been superseded by a subsequent agreement or has been amended.
(Updated on 5 April 2023)

#	Treaty/ Convention/ Agreement	Date and place of adoption	Date of Signature	Ratification(R)/ Accession (a)/ Acceptance(A)/ Approval (Ap)/ Participation(P)/ Succession(S)
61	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	9 Dec 1948, Paris		24-Apr-1984	(a)
62	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	7 Mar 1966, New York		24-Apr-1984	(a)
63	International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid	30 Nov 1973, New York		24-Apr-1984	(a)
64	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	18 Dec 1979, New York		1-Jul-1993	(a)
65	Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women	22 Dec 1995, New York		7-Feb-2002	(A)
66	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	6 Oct 1999, New York		13-Mar-2006	(a)
67	Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	10 Dec 1984, New York		20-Apr-2004	(a)
68	Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	18 Dec 2002, New York		14-Sep-2005 15-Feb-2006	(R)
69	International Convention against Apartheid in Sports	10 Dec 1985, New York	3-Oct-1986
70	Convention on the Rights of the Child	20 Nov 1989, New York	21-Aug-1990 11-Feb-1991
71	Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child	12 Dec 1995, New York		2-Nov-1998	(A)
72	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict	25 May 2000, New York	10-May-2002	29-Dec-2004
73	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography	25 May 2000, New York	10-May-2002	10-May-2002
74	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	16 Dec 1966, New York		19-Sep-2006 (a)
75	Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	16 Dec 1966, New York		19-Sep-2006	(a)
76	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	16 Dec 1966, New York		19-Sep-2006	(a)
77	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	13 Dec 2006, New York	2-Oct-2007	5-Apr-2010
78	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	20 Dec 2006, New York	6-Feb-2007	1-Aug-2023	(a)
79	Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	10 Dec 2008, New York	21-Sep-2011	23-Dec-2020	(a)
80	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure	19 Dec 2011, New York	28-Feb-2012	27-Sep-2019	(R)