Country by Country : Signatures and ratifications by
China
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Human Rights International Treaties
1: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(CESCR), 1966. Entry into force: 3 January 1976.
2: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), 1966.
Entry into force: 23 March 1976.
3: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (CERD), 1965. Entry into force: 4 January 1969.
4: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW), 1979. Entry into force: 3 September 1981.
5: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (CAT), 1984. Entry into force: 26 June 1987.
6: Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 1989. Entry into force:
2 September 1990.
7: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
1948. Entry into force: 12 January 1951.
8: Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951. Entry into
force: 22 April 1954.
9: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC), 1990. Entry into
force: 1 July 2003.
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Treaties mentioned
in the Millennium Declaration
A: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 1998
(Rome, Italy). Not yet in force.
B: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production
and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.
1997 (Oslo, Norway). Entry into force: 1
March 1999.
C: Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of
Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996
annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons. 1996 (Geneva, Switzerland). Entry into force: 3 December
1998.
D: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. 1997 (Kyoto, Japan). Not yet in force.
E: Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1989 (New York, USA).
Entry into force: 2
September 1990.
F: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflict. 2000 (New York, USA). Entry into
force: 12 February 2002.
G: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography. 2000 (New York, USA).
Entry into force: 18
January 2002.
H: Convention on Biological Diversity. 1992 (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil). Entry into force: 29
December 1993.
I: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those
Countries Experiencing
Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
1994 (Paris, France). Entry
into force: 26 December 1996.
J: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women. 1979 (NewYork, USA). Entry into force: 3 September
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Fundamental ILO Conventions
As of 18 December 2001
C87: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948
C98: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention,
1949
C100: Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
C105: Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
C111: Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention,
1958
C138: Minimum Age Convention, 1973
C182: Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 |
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Convention denounced
Signature not yet followed by ratification