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Chart of Outcomes of CCPR Communications and How to Update

Chart of Outcomes, March 2016 (last updated January 30, 2017)

How to Update from UN site: see https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/ccpr/individual-communications

States parties Living Cases Concluded Cases
State Entry into Force Pre-admissible Admissible Inadmissible Discontinued Views (1)/(2) Total
Albania 4 Jan 2008 - - - - - -
Algeria 12 Dec 1989 25 - 1 1 15/0 42
Andorra 22 Dec 2006 - - - - - -
Angola 10 Apr 1992 - - - 1 2/0 3
Argentina 8 Nov 1986 2 - 5 - 4/0 11
Armenia 23 Sep 1993 - - 1 - - 1
Australia 25 Dec 1991 24 - 32 43 28/6 133
Austria 10 Mar 1988 3 - 10 1 5/6 25
Azerbaijan 27 Feb 2002 2 - - - 1/0 3
Barbados 23 Mar 1976 - - 3 2 - 5
Belarus 30 Dec 1992 81 0 8 9 29/2 129
Belgium 17 Aug 1994 1 - 2 - 1/3 7
Benin 12 Jun 1992 1 - - - - 1
Bolivia 12 Nov 1982 - - - - 2/0 2
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Jun 1995 15 - 1 - - 16
Brazil 25 Dec 2009 - - - - - -
Bulgaria 26 Jun 1992 3 - 3 - - 6
Burkina Faso 4 Apr 1999 - - - - 1/0 1
Cameroon 27 Sep 1984 3 - - - 7/0 10
Canada 19 Aug 1976 17 0 82 37 17/12 165
Cape Verde 19 Aug 2000 - - - - - -
Central African Republic 8 Aug 1981 - - - - 2/0 2
Chad 9 Sep 1995 - - - - - -
Chile 28 Aug 1992 - - 7 2 - 9
Colombia 23 Mar 1976 8 - 9 6 18/0 41
Congo 5 Jan 1984 - - - - - -
Costa Rica 23 Mar 1976 1 - 1 2 - 4
Côte d 'Ivoire 5 Jun 1997 - - 1 - 1/0 2
Croatia 12 Jan 1996 1 - 1 - 2/0 4
Cyprus 15 Jul 1992 - - 4 1 - 5
Czech Republic 1 Jan 1993 10 - 20 4 29/0 63
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 Feb 1977 3 - 4 3 15/0 25
Denmark 23 Mar 1976 11 - 9 4 2/0 26
Djibouti 5 Feb 2003 - - - - - -
Dominican Republic 4 Apr 1978 - - - - 3/0 3
Ecuador 23 Mar 1976 - - - 4 5/0 9
El Salvador 6 Sep 1995 - - - - - -
Equatorial Guinea 25 Dec 1987 - - - - 4/0 4
Estonia 21 Jan 1992 1 - - 2 1/3 7
Finland 23 Mar 1976 1 - 15 3 5/9 33
France 17 May 1984 4 - 45 11 9/12 81
Gambia 9 Sep 1988 - - - - - -
Georgia 3 Aug 1994 - - - 2 5/0 7
Germany 25 Nov 1993 - - 17 1 1/1 20
Ghana 7 Dec 2000 - - - - - -
Greece 5 Aug 1997 - 2 3 - 3/2 10
Guatemala 28 Feb 2001 - - - - - -
Guinea 17 Sep 1993 - - - - - -
Guyana1 10 Aug 1993 - - - 2 10/0 12
Honduras 7 Sep 2005 - - - - - -
Hungary 7 Dec 1988 - - 5 2 3/1 11
Iceland 22 Nov 1979 - - 2 1 1/0 4
Ireland 8 Mar 1990 - - 3 - 1/1 5
Italy 15 Dec 1978 - - 10 3 1/1 15
Jamaica2 - - - 39 18 100/20 177
Kazakhstan 30 Sep 2009 10 - - - 1/0 11
Kyrgyzstan 7 Jan 1995 5 - 2 - 14/0 21
Latvia 22 Sep 1994 1 - 1 2 2/1 7
Lesotho 6 Dec 2000 - - - - - -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16 Aug 1989 8 - 1 - 11/0 20
Liechtenstein 10 Mar 1999 - - - - - -
Lithuania 20 Feb 1992 3 - 1 1 2/0 7
Luxembourg 18 Nov 1983 - - - - - -
Madagascar 23 Mar 1976 - - - 2 4/0 6
Malawi 11 Sep 1996 - - - - - -
Maldives 19 Dec 2006 - - - - - -
Mali 24 Jan 2002 - - - - - -
Malta 13 Dec 1990 - - - - - -
Mauritius 23 Mar 1976 - 1 4 1 1/0 7
Mexico 15 Jun 2002 - - - - - -
Moldova (Republic of) 23 Apr 2008 - - - - - -
Mongolia 16 Jul 1991 - - - - - -
Montenegro (Republic of)4 3 Jun 20063 - - - - - -
Namibia 28 Feb 1995 - - 1 - 2/0 3
Nepal 14 Aug 1991 8 1 - - 3/0 12
Netherlands 11 May 1979 6 - 61 3 9/20 99
New Zealand 26 Aug 1989 2 - 10 8 4/8 32
Nicaragua 12 Jun 1980 - - 1 3 1/0 5
Niger 7 Jun 1986 - - - - - -
Norway 23 Mar 1976 2 - 9 - 3/3 17
Panama 8 Jun 1977 - - 4 7 2/0 13
Paraguay 10 Apr 1995 - - - - 3/0 3
Peru 3 Jan 1981 - - - 4 15/1 20
Philippines 22 Nov 1989 - - 2 10 12/2 26
Poland 7 Feb 1992 - - 4 2 1/2 9
Portugal 3 Aug 1983 - - 3 1 2/1 7
Republic of Korea 10 Jul 1990 3 - 1 1 119/2 126
Romania 20 Oct 1993 - - - - 1/1 2
Russian Federation 1 Jan 1992 25 1 16 7 15/3 67
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 9 Feb 1982 - - - - 1/0 1
San Marino 18 Jan 1986 - - - - - -
Senegal 13 May 1978 - - - - 1/0 1
Serbia (Republic of)3 6 Dec 2001 - - 1 - 2/0 3
Seychelles 5 Aug 1992 - - - - - -
Sierra Leone 23 Nov 1996 - - - - 3/0 3
Slovakia 1 Jan 1993 2 - 4 - 1/0 7
Slovenia 16 Oct 1993 - - - - - -
Somalia 24 Apr 1990 - - - - - -
South Africa 28 Nov 2002 - - - - 1/1 2
Spain 25 Apr 1985 7 - 70 7 22/13 119
Sri Lanka 3 Jan 1998 1 - 5 - 14/0 20
Suriname 28 Mar 1977 - - - - 8/0 8
Sweden 23 Mar 1976 1 - 5 2 2/6 16
Tajikistan 4 Apr 1999 3 - 2 2 22/0 29
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 12 Mar 1995 - - - 1 - 1
Togo 30 Jun 1988 - - - - 4/1 5
Trinidad and Tobago 5 - - - 15 8 22/3 48
Tunisia 29 Sep 2011 1 - - - - 1
Turkey 24 Feb 2007 - - - - 2/0 2
Turkmenistan 1 Aug 1997 4 - - 1 4/0 9
Uganda 14 Feb 1996 - - - - - -
Ukraine 25 Oct 1991 4 - 2 5 4/1 16
Uruguay 23 Mar 1976 2 - 6 28 49/1 86
Uzbekistan 28 Dec 1995 6 - 3 43 32/3 87
Venezuela 10 Aug 1978 2 - 1 - 1/0 4
Zambia 10 Jul 1984 2 - 4 3 9/0 18
114 325 5 582 317 764/152 2145

330 living cases

2145 registered communications with respect to 86 countries

(1) Disclose a Violation(2) Disclose No Violation

1 The Government of Guyana had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 10 May 1993. On 5 January 1999, the Government of Guyana notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to denounce the said Optional Protocol with effect from 5 April 1999. On that same date, the Government of Guyana re-acceded to the Optional Protocol with a reservation.

2 Denunciation by Jamaica of the Optional Protocol took effect on 23 January 1998.

3 Formerly Yugoslavia.  Serbia and Montenegro changed its name to Republic of Serbia, effective 3 June 2006.

4 Serbia and Montenegro (now known as the Republic of Serbia) had previously ratified the Optional Protocol on 6 December 2001.  On 3 June 2006, the Republic of Montenegro became an independent state, and subsequently deposited on 23 October 2006 its notification of succession to the treaties to which Serbia and Montenegro was a party or a signatory, as from 3 June 2006.

5 Denunciation by Trinidad and Tobago of the Optional Protocol took effect on 27 June 2000.

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