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No. | TREATY | SIGNED (S) RATIFIED(R) ACCEDED (A) |
1. | Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | 10 Dec 1998 (A) |
2. | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | 3 Oct 1994 (S) 10 Dec 1998 (R) |
3. | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | Oct 2012 (A) |
3.a. | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. | Not applicable |
4. | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). | 3 Oct 1994 (S) 10 Dec 1998 (R) |
5. | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 28 Aug 2002 (A) |
6. | Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity. | Not applicable |
7. | International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid | Not applicable |
8. | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 29 Jan 1993 (S) 15 Dec 1995 (R) |
8.a. | Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. | Not applicable |
8.b. | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 18 Oct 2005 (A) |
9. | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | Signed (S) Ratified (R) |
9.a. | Amendments to articles 17 (7)&18 (5) of the Convention against Torture &Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | Not applicable |
9.b. | Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. | Not applicable |
10. | International Convention against Apartheid in Sports. | Not applicable |
11. | Convention on the Rights of the Child | 29 Jan 1993 (S) 16 June 1995 (R) |
11.a. | Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. | 5 Aug 1997 (A) |
11.b. | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. | 8 Feb 2002(S) 24 Sept 2009 (R) |
11.c. | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography | 30 June 2003 (S) |
11.d. | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure | Not applicable Not yet in force |
12. | Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 28 August 2002 (A) |
12.a | Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime | 14 Dec 2000 (S) 20 Feb 2004 (R) |
12.b | 15 NOVEMBER 2000 (R) | |
13. | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. | Not applicable |
14. | Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. | Not applicable Not relevant for purposes of RSA* |
15. | Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
30 March 2007 (S) 30 November 2007 (R) |
15.a. | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 30 March 2007 (S) 30 November 2007 (R) |
16. | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | Not applicable |