International Human Date of Date of Date of Date of Rights Treaties and Accession/ Accession/ Accession/ Accession/ their Optional Ratification: Ratification: Ratification: Ratification: Protocols INDIA GHANA PAPUA NEW NEPAL GUINEA Convention on the Signed: - 30 July Signed: - 17 July Acceded: - 12 Signed: - 5 Elimination of all Forms of 1980 1980. January 1995 February 1991. Discrimination Against Ratified: - 9 July Women (CEDAW) (1979) 1993 Ratified: - 2 Ratified: - 22 January 1986. April 1991. Declarations to articles 5(a) and 16(1) Reservation entered against article 29(1) Optional Protocol to Not signed Signed: - 24 Not signed Signed: - 18 CEDAW (1999) February 2000. December 2001. Ratified: - 3 Ratified: - 15 February 2011. June 2007. Convention Against Signed: - 14 October Signed: - 7 Not signed Acceded: - 14 Torture and Other Cruel, 1997 September 2000 May 1991 Inhuman or Degrading Ratified: - 7 Treatment or Punishment Not ratified. September 2000. (CAT) (1984) Declarations entered against articles 21, 22 and 30. Optional Protocol to CAT Not signed Signed: - 6 Not signed Not signed (2002) November 2006. Not ratified. International Covenant on Acceded: - 10 April Signed: - 7 Acceded: - 21 Acceded: - 14 Civil and Political Rights 1979 September 2000 July 2008 May 1991 (ICCPR) (1966) Declarations entered Ratified: - 7 against articles 1, 9, September 2000 12, 13, 19(3), 21, 22 First Optional Protocol to Not signed Signed: - 7 Not signed Acceded: - 14 ICCPR September 2000 May 1991 (1966) Ratified: - 7 September 2000 Second Optional Protocol Not signed Not signed Not signed Acceded: - 4 to ICCPR, aiming at March 1998 abolition of the death penalty (1989) International Covenant on Acceded: - 10 April Signed: - 7 Acceded: - 21 Acceded: - 14 Economic, Social and 1979 September 2000 July 2008 May 1991 Cultural Rights (ICESCR) Ratified: - 7 (1966) Declarations entered September 2000 against articles 1, 4, 7(c), 8 Optional Protocol to Not signed Signed: - 7 Not signed Not signed ICESCR (2008) September 2000 Not ratified. Fig. 1 International Human Rights Treaties and their ratification –
International Human Rights Treaties and their Optional Protocols Date of Accession/ Ratification: INDIA Date of Accession/ Ratification: GHANA Date of Accession/ Ratification: PAPUA NEW GUINEA Date of Accession/ Ratification: NEPAL Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979) Signed: - 30 July 1980 Ratified: - 9 July 1993 Declarations to articles 5(a) and 16(1) Reservation entered against article 29(1) Signed: - 17 July 1980. Ratified: - 2 January 1986. Acceded: - 12 January 1995 Signed: - 5 February 1991. Ratified: - 22 April 1991. Optional Protocol to CEDAW (1999) Not signed Signed: - 24 February 2000. Ratified: - 3 February 2011. Not signed Signed: - 18 December 2001. Ratified: - 15 June 2007. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) (1984) Signed: - 14 October 1997 Not ratified. Signed: - 7 September 2000 Ratified: - 7 September 2000. Declarations entered against articles 21, 22 and 30. Not signed Acceded: - 14 May 1991 Optional Protocol to CAT (2002) Not signed Signed: - 6 November 2006. Not ratified. Not signed Not signed International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1966) Acceded: - 10 April 1979 Declarations entered against articles 1, 9, 12, 13, 19(3), 21, 22 Signed: - 7 September 2000 Ratified: - 7 September 2000 Acceded: - 21 July 2008 Acceded: - 14 May 1991 First Optional Protocol to ICCPR (1966) Not signed Signed: - 7 September 2000 Ratified: - 7 September 2000 Not signed Acceded: - 14 May 1991 Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR, aiming at abolition of the death penalty (1989) Not signed Not signed Not signed Acceded: - 4 March 1998 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (1966) Acceded: - 10 April 1979 Declarations entered against articles 1, 4, 7(c), 8 Signed: - 7 September 2000 Ratified: - 7 September 2000 Acceded: - 21 July 2008 Acceded: - 14 May 1991 Optional Protocol to ICESCR (2008) Not signed Signed: - 7 September 2000 Not ratified. Not signed Not signed Fig. 1 – International Human Rights Treaties and their ratification
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