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HRI/MC/1996/3
24 July 1996

Original: ENGLISH

Status of the international human rights instruments and the general situation of overdue reports : . 24/07/96.
HRI/MC/1996/3. (Chairpersons Meeting)

Convention Abbreviation:

STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
AND THE GENERAL SITUATION OF OVERDUE REPORTS

Report of the Secretary-General



Table 1

Changes in the number of States parties and overdue reports by treaty 1995-1996

 

International instrument

30 June 1996
30 June 1995
States
parties
Overdue

reports

States
parties
Overdue

reports


International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
134
115
131
129

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
134
115
129
107

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
147
400
143
376

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
153
185
140
158

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
98
67
89
54

Convention on the Rights of the Child

TOTAL
187


853
71


953
174


806
86


910


Table 2


Overdue reports by State party and by treaty (as of 30 June 1996)

State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
1
1
1

1


0
1
1
1
0



2
0
1
0
1

1

1

0


1

0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0

1


0
1
1
0
0



1
0
1

1

2

1

1


1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0



1
1
0
1
1





1

1
1



1

2


1

1
1
1
0
1
5
1
0



4
4
1
1
2

6
3
2
5
1
1



1

1
6
2


4
5
3
5
3
1
6
1
0

3

0
1
0
0
2
0
1

0
1
1
1
0
1
4
1

1

3


1
1
1
1
1
0
4
1
1
0
0
1

1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0

1
0
1

0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
9
6
1
0
6

6
6
4
4
7
0
8
4
2
10
3
4
2
5
5
5

6
6
9

0
8
6
7
10
8
3
14
5
6
6
1
4

4
6
6
6
6
4
3
2
3
5
6
5
4
5
2
5

6
2
6

1
6
3
6
6
6
6
6


Table 2 (continued)

State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic
of Korea

Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece


3
0
1

0

2

1
1
1

0

1


2

1

1

1
1
1
2

2

0
1

0
0
2
3
0
0

1
0
1

0

2

1
1
1

0

1


1

1

1

0
0
2
1

2

1
1

0
1
2
1
0
1

2


0
0
0
0



1
0
0
1
0

0



1




0
1
0



1
1

0
1


0
1

0

6
0
2
0
0

4

3
8
3
3
1

2



0



4
2
2
0



2
4
7
1
2
7
8

1
3
2

1
0
0
2
1
1
4

3
0
0
1
1

0



1

4

1
1
1
2

0
0
1
1
0
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
0

1
1
0
0
0
1
1

0
1
0
0
0

0


0

0
1
1

1
0
0
0

1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1

12
1
4
2
1
2
13
0
9
11
5
5
2

4


3

4
1
7

7
4
7
5

5
0
6
8
7
2
5
15
14
1
5
4
5

5
6
6
4
6
2
5
0
6
6
6
4
6

6


3

6
1
4

5
6
6
6

4
2
6
6
3
6
6
5
5
5
6
3
5


Table 2 (continued)
State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
1
0
1

2
0


1
0
1


1
0
1
1
1
2
0
0

3

0
1



0
2
0


1

0
1
2
1
1
2
1
0


2
1
0
1


1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1

0

0
0



1
1
1


1

1
0
2
1
2

2



1







0
0


0



0




1




0
1
0
1
0
8

10
3
1

1
0
0


2
1

3
1
5
0
2



2
6

2

7
6
10
4



1
4
2
2
4
3
3
4

1
1
1
1
2


2
2
0
1
2
0
1

1

1


4

1

0
3

1
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0

0

1
0
1
1

0
0
1
1
0
5
4
18
5
18
7
1
3
5
1
4
2

4
3
4
6
3
10
1
4
0
5
0
4
1

10

6
10
8
14

7
1
3
6
9
4
6
6
3
6
4
2
3
6
5
5
2

4
5
4
6
6
5
5
6
1
4
1
6
3

3

6
4
5
3

6
3
5
6
5


Table 2 (continued)
State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
1


3
0



1
0




1
0
1

1

0
0

1
2
1
0

0



2


0
0
1
0
1
0


2
1



1
0




1
1


0

1
0

1
1
2
0

0



1


0
1
1
1
0
0



1



0
0



0

0


1

1
0

1




1



0


1
1
1
0
1
0

2
5
1


4
0
1



0
3
2
6

0

5
3

1
0
4
1

2

0

0

5

1
4
2
3
2
2
0
1
2
2



1
1




2
0


1

2
0

1
1

2

0

0

3

1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1

1
1
0
0

0

1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
1
0
0
0

0
0
0

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
3
13
6

1
5
3
2

0

1
7
3
8
0
3
0
9
3

5
4
8
3
0
3
0
0
0
6

7
2
3
7
4
6
2
6
2
3
5
6

1
2
6
6

1

3
5
6
3
1
6
1
6
6

6
5
4
5
1
6
0
3
1
6

3
5
6
6
6
6
2



Table 2 (continued)
State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
1

1

0
0

1



2



1



0
1


0
0


2

0
0
1
3

0
0

3


1
0

1

1
0

1



2



2



1
1


1
1

2
1

0
1
2
1

0
1

1


1
0

0

1
1













1
1


1
1


2

0
1



1
1


1

1
1

2

1
1

4


3
6







2
4
11

2
2

6
6

1
1
2
6
0
1
1

3
1

2
0

1

1
0

1
3

4
1


1




1
1
2
0
0
0



0
0
2

1

0



1
2
1
0

1

0
0

0
1

1
1


0
1
1

0
0
1
0
0
1
0

0

0
0
0
0
1
0
0


0
1
1
1
2

6

4
2

7
4

8
12


1
4
1

0
5
9
13
0
5
4

8
11
0
1
5
5
12
0
2
3

7
4
3
7
6

6

6
6

5
2

3
5


2
3
1

1
6
6
3
2
6
6

3
4
2
6
6
4
5
2
6
4

4
4
2
6



Table 2 (continued)
State party
CCPR
CESCR
CAT
CERD
CEDAW
CRC
Total reports
Total treaties

Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total overdue reports
Total States parties
1


2
0



0
0



1




2


0
1
0

2
2
0
1
1
1
1

115

134
2


1
1



2
0



0




1



0
0

1
1
2
1
1
1
0

115

134
2



1
1


2
0



0







1
1
0

1

1
1
0



67

98
7
2

1
2

1

7
2
0


2




5


1
3
0

1
2
2
4
0
1
2

400

147
3


2
1
1


1
1



0




2



3
0
0
1
3
0
2
2
1
1

185

153
0
0

0
0
0
1
0
0
0



0




1



0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0

71

187
15
2

6
5
2
2
0
12
3
0


3




11


2
8
0
1
7
8
5
9
5
5
4

953
6
2

5
6
3
2
1
6
6
1


6




5


3
6
6
2
6
5
6
6
6
5
5



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