Congo
(Joined the UN on 20-09-1960)
Scope of international obligations
| Core Universal Human rights treaties | Date of signature | Date of ratification
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| ICERD | - | 11 Jul 1988 |
| ICESCR | - | 5 Oct 1983 |
| ICCPR | - | 5 Oct 1983 |
| ICCPR-OP | - | 5 Oct 1983 |
| CEDAW | 29 Jul 1980 | 26 Jul 1982 |
| OP-CEDAW | 29 Sep 2008 | - |
| CAT | - | 30 Jul 2003 |
| OP-CAT | 29 Sep 2008 | - |
| CRC | - | 14 Oct 1993 |
| CRPD | 30 Mar 2007 | - |
| OP-CRPD | 30 Mar 2007 | - |
| ICRMW | 29 Sep 2008 | - |
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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
| None | |
| 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 the additional protocol relating to protection of victims of non international armed conflicts (8 June 1977). | |
| ILO fundamental conventions
| Yes, except C4 Night work (women) Convention ,1919, denounced on 4.06.1971, C5 minimum age (industry) convention, 1919, denounced on 26.11.1999, C33 minimum age (non-industry employment) convention,1932, denounced on 26.11.1999, C41 Night work (Women) convention (revised), 1934, denounced 04.06.1971. | |
Cooperation with Treaty bodies
| Treaty body
| Latest report submitted and considered | Latest concluding observations | Follow-up response
| Reporting status |
| CAT
| - | - | - | Initial periodic report overdue since 2004 and not yet submitted. |
| ICCPR | 1996 | March 2000 |
| Second report overdue since 1990, submitted in 1996 and considered in March 2000. Third report overdue since 2003 and pending submission. |
| See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.79.Add.118.Fr?Opendocument
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| CEDAW | 2002
| January 2003 | - | Initial, second, third, fourth and fifth reports overdue since 1999 and submitted in April 2002. Considered in 2003. Sixth and seventh reports overdue since 2007. |
| Summary records available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CEDAW.C.SR.606.Fr?Opendocument
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| CERD | 1999 | August 1999 | - | Initial, Second, Third, Fifth periodic reports overdue, submitted and considered in March 1999. Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Nineth, Tenth periodic reports overdue since 1989 and submitted in 2008. To be considered in March 2009. |
| Summary records available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CERD.C.SR.1313.En?Opendocument
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| CESCR
| - | - | - | Initial, second, third and fourth report overdue from 1990 to 2005. Not yet submitted. |
| CRC | 2005 | September 2006 | - | Initial report overdue since 1995 and submitted in 2005. Considered in September 2006. Second, third and fourth reports due for 2010. |
| Summary records available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.SR.1179.Fr?Opendocument
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Cooperation with Special Procedures
| Standing invitations issued | None |
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| Latest visits or mission reports | None |
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| Visits agreed upon in principle | · Special Rapporteur on indigenous people |
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| Visits requested and not yet agreed upon | None |
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| Follow-up visits | None |