Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions

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Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

2006

March 6, 2007

COUNTRY	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Slavery	ILO Convention 29	ILO Convention 87	Genocide	ILO Convention 98	Prisoners of War	Civilians in War	Traffic in Persons	European HR Convention	Political Rights of Women	Supplemental Slavery Conv.	ILO Convention 105	Racial Discrimination	Civil and Political Rights	Econ/Soc/Cultural Rights	UN Refugee Convention	UN Refugee Protocol	American HR Convention	ILO Convention 138	Geneva Protocol I	Geneva Protocol II	CEDAW	Torture	Rights of the Child	ILO Convention 182
Afghanistan	P			P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P					S	P	P
* Albania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Algeria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Andorra				P		P	P		P				P	P								P	P	P
Angola		P	P		P	P	P			P		P		P	P	P	P		P	P		P		P	P
Antigua & Barbuda	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			1	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Argentina		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Armenia		P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Australia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Austria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Azerbaijan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Bahamas	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Bahrain	P	P		P		P	P				P	P	P	P						P	P	P	P	P	P
Bangladesh	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P
Barbados	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Belarus	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Belgium	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Belize	1	P	P	P	P	P	P				1	P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Benin	2	P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Bhutan						P	P						S									P		P
Bolivia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bosnia & Herzegovina	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Botswana	1	P	P		P	P	P				1	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Brazil	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Brunei	1					P	P				1									P	P	P		P
Bulgaria	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Burkina Faso		P	P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Burma	P	P	P	P		P	P	S		S												P		P
Burundi		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cambodia		P	P	P	P	P	P	S		S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cameroon	P	P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Canada	P		P	P		P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Cape Verde		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Central African Republic	2	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Chad		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Chile	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
China	2			P		P	P			P			P	S	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
China Hong Kong	P			P						P			P									P	P	P
China Macau from 12-20-99				P									P										P
China Macau to 12-19-99				P				P			P		P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P
* China Taiwan only	P			P						P	P		P	S	S
Colombia	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Comoros		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P	S	P	P
Congo, Democratic Republic		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Congo, Republic	2	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Cook Islands						P	P													P	P	P
Costa Rica		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cote D'Ivoire	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Croatia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cuba	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P						P	P	P	P	P	P
Cyprus	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Czech Republic	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Denmark	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Djibouti		P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	S	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Dominica	P	P	P		P	P	P			1	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Dominican Republic	S	P	P	S	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P
East Timor							P													P	P
Ecuador	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Egypt	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
El Salvador		P	P	P	P	P	P			S	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Equatorial Guinea		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Eritrea		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P				P			P		P
Estonia	2	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Ethiopia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Fiji	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P			P	P		P			P		P	P
Finland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
France	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Gabon		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Gambia	1	P	P	P	P	P	P				1	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	S	P	P
Georgia		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Germany	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ghana	2	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Greece	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Grenada	1	P	P	1	P	P	P			1	1	P	S	P	P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Guatemala	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Guinea	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Guinea-Bissau		P			P	P	P					P	S	S	P	P	P			P	P	P	S	P
Guyana	1	P	P		P	P	P				1	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Haiti	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P		P
Holy See						P	P						P			P	P			P	P		P	P
Honduras		P	P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Hungary	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Iceland		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
India	P	P		P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P							P	S	P
Indonesia		P	P		P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
Iran	S	P		P		P	P	S			P	P	P	P	P	P	P			S	S			P	P
Iraq	P	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P			P		P	P
Ireland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Israel	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Italy	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Jamaica	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Japan		P	P		P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Jordan	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kazakhstan		P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kenya		P			P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Kiribati	1	P	P		P	P	P			1	1	P		1	1		1					P		P
* Korea, Democratic Rep. of				P		P	P							P	P					P		P		P
* Korea, Republic of				P		P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kuwait	P	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kyrgyzstan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Laos		P		P		P	P	P		P	P		P	S	S				P	P	P	P		P	P
Latvia	2		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lebanon	2	P		P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lesotho	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Liberia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Libya	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Liechtenstein				P		P	P		P				P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Lithuania	S	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Luxembourg		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Macedonia	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Madagascar	P	P	P		P	P	P	S		P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malawi	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malaysia		P		P	P	P	P				P								P			P		P	P
* Maldives				P		P	P						P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P
Mali	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malta	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Marshall Islands							P															P		P
Mauritania	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mauritius	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mexico	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P
* Micronesia						P	P													P	P	P		P
Moldova		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Monaco	P			P		P	P		S				P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P
Mongolia	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Montenegro	P			P		P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Morocco	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	S	S	P	P	P	P
Mozambique		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Namibia		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Nauru						P	P						S	S						P	P		S	P
Nepal	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
Netherlands	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
New Zealand	P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Nicaragua	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Niger	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Nigeria	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Niue																								P
Norway	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Oman		P				P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P		P	P
Pakistan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		S				P	S	S	P		P	P
Palau						P	P													P	P			P
Panama	S	P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Papua New Guinea	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P			P	P		P			P		P	P
Paraguay		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Peru		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Philippines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	S	P	P	P	P	P
Poland	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Portugal	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Qatar		P				P	P						P						P	P	P		P	P	P
Romania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Russia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Rwanda		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
* Samoa						P	P									P	P			P	P	P		P
San Marino		P	P		P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P		P	P	P
Sao Tome & Principe		P	P		P	P	P					P	S	S	S	P	P		P	P	P	S	S	P	P
Saudi Arabia	P	P		P		P	P				P	P	P							P	P	P	P	P	P
Senegal	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Serbia		P	P		P		P		P			P							P	P		P			P
Seychelles	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sierra Leone	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Singapore		P		P	P	P	P	P			P								P			P		P	P
Slovak Republic	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Slovenia		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Solomon Islands	P	P				P	P			P	P		1		1	P	P			P	P	P		P
Somalia		P				P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P						P	S
* South Africa	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		S		P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Spain	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sri Lanka	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
* St. Kitts & Nevis	1	P	P		P	P	P			1	1	P	P			P			P	P	P	P		P	P
St. Lucia	P	P	P	1	P	P	P			1	P	P	P							P	P	P		P	P
* St. Vincent & the Grenadines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sudan	P	P			P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		S	P	P
Suriname	2	P	P		P	P	P			1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P
Swaziland	1	P	P		P	P	P			P	1	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sweden	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Switzerland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Syria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P	P			P	P	P
* Tajikistan		P	P		P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tanzania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Thailand		P				P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P			P		P	P
Togo	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Tonga	1			P		P	P			1	1	1	P							P	P			P
Trinidad & Tobago	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Tunisia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Turkey	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	S	S	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Turkmenistan	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
* Tuvalu	1					P	P			1	1			1		P	P					P		P
Uganda	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ukraine	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
United Arab Emirates		P		P		P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P		P	P
United Kingdom	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
United States	P			P		P	P			P	P	P	P	P	S		P	S		S	S	S	P	S	P
Uruguay	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Uzbekistan		P		P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P
* Vanuatu			P		P	P	P				1	P								P	P	P		P	P
Venezuela		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Vietnam	P			P		P	P						P	P	P				P	P		P		P	P
Yemen	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
former Yugoslavia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P
Zambia	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Zimbabwe	1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P

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P = Party
S = Signatory
* = non-ILO member
1 = Based on general declaration concerning treaty obligations prior to independence
2 = Party to 1926 Convention only
Text in RED indicates changes in status since the 2005 report.
Text in BLUE indicates corrections from prior reporting.