Rwanda
(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 | - | 16 Apr 1975 |
| ICESCR | - | 16 Apr 1975 |
| ICCPR | - | 16 Apr 1975 |
| ICCPR-OP | - | - |
| CEDAW | 1 May 1980 | 2 Mar 1981 |
| OP-CEDAW | - | 15 Dec 2008 |
| CAT | - | 15 Dec 2008 |
| OP-CAT | - | - |
| CRC | 26 Jan 1990 | 24 Jan 1991 |
| CRPD | - | 15 Dec 2008 |
| OP-CRPD | - | 15 Dec 2008 |
| ICRMW | - | 15 Dec 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
| 16 Apr 1975 | |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
| None | |
| 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 | |
Cooperation with Treaty bodies
| Treaty body
| Latest report submitted and considered | Latest concluding observations | Follow-up response
| Reporting status |
| CCPR | 1994 | 1994 | - | Ref. Special decision. Report submitted and examined at the 52nd session in October 1994. Third periodic report overdue since 1992 and submitted in 2007. |
| See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/A.50.40,para.55.Fr?Opendocument
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| CEDAW | 2006
| - | - | Combined Fourth, fifth and sixth periodic reports overdue since 1994. Submitted in 2006 and considered at the 43rd session. |
| CERD
| 1999 | 1999 | - | Ref. Decision 3 (54). Report submitted and examined at the 54th session in March 1999. Thirteenth to seventeenth periodic reports overdue from 2000 to 2008. |
| See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/A.54.18,para.21(3).Fr?Opendocument
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| CESCR
| 1987 | - | - | Second periodic (arts. 6-9) submitted in 1987 and examined in 1989, second, third, fourth and fifth periodic reports overdue from 1990 to 2005. Not yet submitted. |
| CRC | 2002 | 2004 | - | Second periodic report overdue since 1998 and submitted in 2002. Considered in 2004. |
| Summary records available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.SR.953.Fr?Opendocument
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| CRC-OP-AC | - | - | - | Initial report overdue since 2004 and not yet submitted. |
| CRC-OP-AC | - | - | - | Initial report overdue since 2004 and not yet submitted |
Cooperation with Special Procedures
| Standing invitations issued | None |
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| Latest visits or mission reports | · Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences 27/9 -1/11, 1997
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| Visits agreed upon in principle | None |
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| Visits requested and not yet agreed upon | - |
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| Follow-up visits | None |