CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Sl. No.

NAME

PLACE

DATE

1

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Paris

09-12-1948

2

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

New York

07-03-1966

2a

Amendment to Article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

New York

15-01-1992

3

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

New York

16-12-1966

3a

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

New York

10-12-2008

4

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

New York

16-12-1966

5

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

New York

16-12-1966

6

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

New York

26-11-1968

7

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

New York

30-11-1973

8

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

New York

18-12-1979

8a

Amendment to Article 20, Paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

New York

22-12-1995

8b

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

New York

06-10-1999

9

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

New York

10-12-1984

9a

Amendments to Articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

New York

08-09-1992

9b

Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

New York

18-12-2002

10

International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports

New York

10-12-1985

11

Convention on the Rights of the Child

New York

20-11-1989

11a

Amendment to Article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

New York

12-12-1995

11b

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

New York

25-05-2000

11c

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

New York

25-05-2000

11d

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure

New York

19-12-2011

12

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty

New York

15-12-1989

13

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

New York

18-12-1990

14

Agreement Establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean

Madrid

24-07-1992

15

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

New York

13-12-2006

15a

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

New York

13-12-2006

16

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

New York

20-12-2006