Ratification of International Treaties on Child Rights

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Status of Ratification of International Treaties Dealing with Issues of Children by Pakistan

Treaty Signature Date Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child *1

 

20 Sep 1990 12 Nov 1990
CRC-OP-AC – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

 

26 Sep 2001 17 Nov 2016
CRC-OP-SC – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

 

26 Sep 2001 05 July 2011
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

 

12 Mar 1996
ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

 

17 Apr 2008 23 Jun 2010
CAT – Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

 

17 Apr 2008 23 Jun 2010
CERD – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

 

19 Sep 1966 21 Sep 1966
CESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

 

03 Nov 2004 17 Apr 2008
CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

 

25 Sep 2008 05 July 2011

*1 You may like to see Pakistan’s Compliance to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Visit here

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