Burundi
(Joined the UN on 18-09-1962)
Scope of international obligations
| Core Universal Human rights treaties | Date of signature | Date of ratification
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| ICERD | 1 Feb 1967 | 27 Oct. 1977 |
| ICESCR | - | 9 May 1990 |
| ICCPR | - | 9 May 1990 |
| ICCPR-OP | - | - |
| CEDAW | 17 Jul 1980 | 8 Jan 1992 |
| OP-CEDAW | 13 Nov. 2001 |
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| CAT | - | 18 Feb 1993 |
| OP-CAT | - | - |
| CRC | 8 May 1990 | 19 Oct. 1990 |
| CRPD | 26 Apr 2007 | - |
| OP-CRPD | 26 Apr 2007 | - |
| ICRMW | - | - |
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| Other main relevant international instruments
| Ratification, accession or succession
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| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
| 6 Jan 1997 | |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
| Yes | |
| 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol. | Yes | |
| Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Additional Protocols thereto
| Yes, except for additional protocols relating to protection of victims of non international armed conflicts (8 June 1977) and the additional protocol relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III). | |
| ILO fundamental conventions
| Yes, except C59 minimum age (industry) convention denounced on 19.7.2000 | |
| Treaty body
| Latest report submitted and considered | Latest concluding observations | Follow-up response
| Reporting status |
| CAT
| 2005 | February 2007 | - | Initial report overdue since 1994 and submitted in 2005. Considered in November 2006. Second report overdue since December 2008. |
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See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CAT.C.BDI.CO.1.En?Opendocument
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| CCPR | 1994 | August 1994 |
| Special report submitted on 12/07/1994 and considered on 25/07/1994. second periodic report overdue since 1996 |
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See latest concluding observations at http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.79.Add.41.En?Opendocument
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| CEDAW | 2007
| January 2008 | - | Combined second, third and fourth periodic reports overdue since February 2005 and submitted in March 2007. |
| CERD | 1996 | August 1996 | - | Report ref. Resolution adopted by the Committee.1996. Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth periodic reports overdue from 1998 to 2006. |
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See Summary records at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CERD.C.SR.1160.En?Opendocument
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| CESCR
| - | - | - | Initial, second, third and fourth report overdue from 1992 to 2007. Not yet submitted. |
| CRC | 1997 | July 2008 | - | Second report submitted in July 2008. |
Cooperation with special procedures
| Standing invitations issued | None |
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| Latest visits or mission reports | · Independent Expert on the Human Rights situation in Burundi. October 2004. Report E/CN.4/2005/118: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G05/105/82/PDF/G0510582.pdf?OpenElement
· Independent Expert on the Human Rights situation in Burundi. October 4-15, 2005) Report E/CN.4/2006/109: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G05/168/23/PDF/G0516823.pdf?OpenElement
· Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Burundi (October 7-14, 2006; January 14-27, 2007). Report A/HRC/4/5: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G07/110/36/PDF/G0711036.pdf?OpenElement
· IE on human rights in Burundi ( 19-31 January 2009 )
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| Visits agreed upon in principle | None |
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| Visits requested and not yet agreed upon | None |
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| Follow-up visits | None |