How To Complain About Human Rights Treaty Violations

Chart of Outcomes of Human Rights Committee Communications and How to Update

Updated by the OHCHR 6 April 2011

for further updates see: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/procedure.htm (and click on “statistical survey of individual complaints considered”)

[Editor’s Note: as of April 2012, the OHCHR web site has not been updated since 6 April 2011]

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

22

-

1

1

12/0

36

Andorra

22 Dec 2006

-

-

-

-

-

-

Angola

10 Apr 1992

-

-

-

1

2/0

3

Argentina

8 Nov 1986

1

-

5

-

3/0

9

Armenia

23 Sep 1993

-

-

1

-

-

1

Australia

25 Dec 1991

23

-

32

36

27/6

124

Austria

10 Mar 1988

2

-

10

1

5/6

24

Azerbaijan

27 Feb 2002

1

-

-

-

1/0

2

Barbados

23 Mar 1976

-

-

3

2

-

5

Belarus

30 Dec 1992

69

1

4

9

24/1

108

Belgium

17 Aug 1994

1

-

2

-

1/3

7

Benin

12 Jun 1992

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bolivia

12 Nov 1982

-

-

-

-

2/0

2

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1 Jun 1995

12

-

1

-

-

13

Brazil

25 Dec 2009

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

26 Jun 1992

1

-

3

-

-

4

Burkina Faso

4 Apr 1999

-

-

-

-

1/0

1

Cameroon

27 Sep 1984

2

-

-

-

7/0

9

Canada

19 Aug 1976

15

0

80

35

16/12

158

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

9

-

8

6

16/0

39

Congo

5 Jan 1984

-

-

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica

23 Mar 1976

1

-

1

2

-

4

Côte d 'Ivoire

5 Jun 1997

1

-

1

-

-

2

Croatia

12 Jan 1996

-

-

1

-

2/0

3

Cyprus

15 Jul 1992

-

-

4

1

-

5

Czech Republic

1 Jan 1993

17

-

18

2

26/0

63

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1 Feb 1977

2

-

4

3

15/0

24

Denmark

23 Mar 1976

6

-

9

4

2/0

21

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

-

-

-

2

1/3

6

Finland

23 Mar 1976

-

-

15

3

5/9

32

France

17 May 1984

6

-

45

10

8/12

81

Gambia

9 Sep 1988

-

-

-

-

-

-

Georgia

3 Aug 1994

1

-

-

1

5/0

7

Germany

25 Nov 1993

-

-

16

1

1/1

19

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

4

-

-

-

-

4

Kyrgyzstan

7 Jan 1995

5

-

2

-

11/0

18

Latvia

22 Sep 1994

1

-

1

2

2/1

7

Lesotho

6 Dec 2000

-

-

-

-

-

-

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

16 Aug 1989

10

1

1

-

8/0

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

5

-

-

-

3/0

8

Netherlands

11 May 1979

5

1

61

2

8/19

96

New Zealand

26 Aug 1989

2

-

9

8

4/8

31

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

2

-

-

-

1/0

3

Peru

3 Jan 1981

-

-

-

4

15/1

20

Philippines

22 Nov 1989

1

-

2

10

11/2

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

2

-

1

1

19/2

125

Romania

20 Oct 1993

-

-

-

-

119/2

2

Russian Federation

1 Jan 1992

22

-

13

7

13/3

58

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

1

-

4

-

1/0

6

Slovenia

16 Oct 1993

-

-

-

-

-

-

Somalia

24 Apr 1990

-

-

-

-

-

-

South Africa

28 Nov 2002

-

-

-

-

1/1

2

Spain

25 Apr 1985

8

1

67

7

22/12

117

Sri Lanka

3 Jan 1998

1

-

5

-

13/0

19

Suriname

28 Mar 1977

-

-

-

-

8/0

8

Sweden

23 Mar 1976

1

-

5

2

1/6

15

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

Turkey

24 Feb 2007

-

2

-

-

-

2

Turkmenistan

1 Aug 1997

2

-

-

1

3/0

6

Uganda

14 Feb 1996

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ukraine

25 Oct 1991

5

-

2

5

2/1

15

Uruguay

23 Mar 1976

3

-

6

28

46/1

84

Uzbekistan

28 Dec 1995

16

-

33

23

28/3

83

Venezuela

10 Aug 1978

1

-

1

-

1/0

3

Zambia

10 Jul 1984

3

-

4

3

8/0

18

113

300

9

565

293

718/149

2034

309 living cases

2034 registered communications with respect to 84 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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