The United Nations Human Rights Treaties |
Reservations, Declarations, Objections and DerogationsInformation in this section of Bayefsky.com is as of 29 February 2012. To update, use the UN website database here. (Go to the respective treaty and scroll down after the list of ratifications.) Information in this section of Bayefsky.com is as of 29 February 2012. To update for individual treaties use the UN website search engine by clicking on the links provided below for each treaty and, once on the UN page, scrolling past the ratifications to the reservations section. All information in this section of Bayefsky.com is from the United Nations, Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General. The material is organized into the same categories used in the source document. The placement of footnotes in various sections of Bayefsky.com corresponds to the placement of footnotes in the source document. The source document contains multiple cross-references to other sections of the publication and other documents. In bayefsky.com the text of information that is the subject of cross-referencing in the source document is reproduced in [square brackets] in place of the cross reference. Where the text of material introduced because of a cross-reference in the source document is from outside Chapter IV (the human rights chapter of the source document) it is both in [square brackets] and italics. This section includes several types of information: Reservations and declarations entered by a state (both current states parties and states which have subsequently withdrawn their ratifications) When a state party either signs or ratifies a treaty, that state may enter reservations or declarations regarding provisions of the treaty. The text of these reservations and declarations are listed under the heading "Reservations and Declarations". The nomenclature of "reservation" or "declaration" is taken directly from the source document. The footnotes under this heading contain a wide range of information.
Objections: Any state party may object to the reservations or declarations entered by another state party. These objections are included in two different ways:
Note that the text of objections, usually in the case of reservations and declarations which have been withdrawn, may also appear in the footnotes under the section "Reservations and Declarations".
Where a State party has made the declaration under these specific articles, there is a section which provides the text of the declaration. Derogations (Notifications under article 4(3) of the CCPR) Under article 4 of the CCPR, states parties must provide notification of any derogations to the rights set out in the CCPR. The text of any such derogations are given in this section. Territorial Application Information regarding the application of the treaties to dependant territories of a state party may be listed here, including any disputes as to territorial application. Information on territorial application may also appear in the footnotes to the section "Reservations and Declarations". |