·          Core Universal Human rights treaties

·          Date of signature

·          Date of ratification

·          ICERD

·          7 Mar 1966

·          16 Mar 1971

·          ICESCR

·          -

·          8 May 1981

·          ICCPR

·          -

·          8 May 1981

·          ICCPR-OP

·          -

·          8 May 1981

·          CEDAW

·          -

·          21 Jun 1991

·          OP-CEDAW

·          -

·          -

·          CAT

·          -

·          -

·          OP-CAT

·          -

·          -

·          CRC

·          30 Jul 1990 

·          23 Apr 1992 

·          CRPD

·          9 May 2007 

·          -

·          OP-CRPD

·          9 May 2007

·          -

·          ICRMW

·          -

·          -

·           

·          Other main relevant international instruments

·          Ratification, accession or succession

·          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 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 C5 minimum age (industry) convention 1919 denounced on 28.06.2000, C10 minimum age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, denounced on 28.06.2000, and C33 minimum age (non-industrial employment) Convention, 1932, denounced on 28.06.2000.

Treaty body

Latest report

submitted and

considered

Latest

concluding

observations

Follow-up

response

Reporting status

CCPR

03/06/2005

July 2006

Available at

-

Second periodic report overdue since April 1989 and submitted in June 2005. Third report due in 2010.

See latest concluding observations at:

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.CAF.CO.2.Fr?Opendocument

CEDAW

-

-

-

Initial, second, third and fourth reports overdue from 1992 to 2004 and not yet submitted.

CERD

1999

August 1999

-

Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth periodic overdue, submitted in August 1999. Fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and Eighteenth reports overdue from 2000 to 2006. Not yet submitted.

See latest concluding observations at:

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/A.54.18,paras.362-364.Fr?Opendocument

CESCR

-

-

-

Initial, second, third and fourth report overdue from 1990 to 2005. Not yet submitted.

CRC

1998

October 2000

-

Initial report submitted in April 1998 and considered in September 2000. Second report overdue since 1999. Not yet submitted.

See latest concluding observations at:

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.15.Add.138.Fr?Opendocument

Standing invitations issued                             

None

Latest visits or mission reports                      

·          Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons (24 February to 3 March 2007)

Report A/HRC/8/6/Add.1:

http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/130/16/PDF/G0813016.pdf?OpenElement

·          Special Rapporteur on summary executions (31 January - 7 February 2008)

Report A/HRC/8/3/Add.5

http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/139/75/PDF/G0813975.pdf?OpenElement

Visits agreed upon in principle

·          Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Visits requested and not yet agreed upon

·          (Requested in 2007) Working Group on the use of mercenaries

Follow-up visits

RSG on Internally Displaced Persons (Feb 2009) – Follow-up visit